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Carolyn Maloney: More than 70,000 Americans have died from drug overdoses in 2017 alone.

On the recordMarch 6, 2019
More than 70,000 Americans have died from drug overdoses in 2017 alone.
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Carolyn Maloney
Democratic · New York

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Maloney highlights the drug overdose crisis in the U.S.

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