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On the recordJanuary 8, 2018
It's astounding that one paragraph jotted down in 1980 helped fuel the horrible epidemic that we are seeing today.
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Maggie Hassan
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Hassan highlights the impact of a misinterpreted letter on the opioid epidemic.

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