Robert Casey actually said...

"I think that word has acquired much more powerful meaning now as applied to these drugs."

"Let me conclude by saying that the opioid epidemic is a complex problem that needs a multifaceted solution."

"Deaths associated with opioids have quadrupled over the last 12 years to an astounding 78 deaths a day."

"Access to cheap, highly potent heroin on the streets has become, by comparison, very cheap and easy."