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Carolyn Maloney: “Since 1999, nearly half a million lives have been cut short by the opioid epidemic.”

On the recordDecember 16, 2020
Since 1999, nearly half a million lives have been cut short by the opioid epidemic.
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Carolyn Maloney
Democratic · New York

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Maloney highlights the severe impact of the opioid epidemic on lives since 1999.

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