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Glenn Thompson: “It is stealing lives, stealing potential, stealing work force from our economy.”

On the recordJune 18, 2018
It is stealing lives, stealing potential, stealing work force from our economy.
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Glenn Thompson
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Thompson discusses the negative effects of the opioid crisis on lives and the economy.

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