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Jeanne Shaheen: What we have seen in 2014 is 47,000 Americans died from opiod and heroin overdoses.

On the recordMarch 7, 2016
What we have seen in 2014 is 47,000 Americans died from opiod and heroin overdoses.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Senator Shaheen highlights the alarming death toll from opioid and heroin overdoses in 2014.

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