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On the recordJune 18, 2019
This is how America has gone from criminalizing to treating opioids, and then going back again.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez discusses the historical shifts in America's approach to opioid addiction.

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