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On the recordApril 14, 2016
Opioid addiction knows no boundaries. It is an equal opportunity killer of men and women, young and old, city, suburban, rural, wealthy and poor, white, black and Hispanic.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Opioid addiction affects all demographics and is a major public health crisis.

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