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Greg Walden: “The sharpest increase in drug overdose deaths in 2015 to 2016 was fueled by a surge in overdoses involving fentanyl…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2018
The sharpest increase in drug overdose deaths in 2015 to 2016 was fueled by a surge in overdoses involving fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, and synthetic opioids.
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Greg Walden
Republican · Oregon

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Greg Walden cites statistics on the rise of drug overdose deaths linked to fentanyl.

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