Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez actually said...

"This is not the first time we've gone through this pendulum swing. This is how America has gone from criminalizing to treating opioids, and then going back again."

"Because I've met people from all different social backgrounds, all different education backgrounds, come from all communities, not just mine, that are suffering from addiction, because of the lack of ..."

"I think that we really have to embrace the saying and the concept that everybody, no matter where they come from, no matter what class, race, ethnicity, address they have, that everybody deserves the ..."

"So, we have it--we're at an inflection point, where we could potentially criminalize this again, or we could potentially treat the opioid crisis as a health issue."