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On the recordJuly 11, 2017
For 2016, we have learned from an analysis by The New York Times that we have lost roughly 60,000 people to drug overdoses.
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Tim Murphy
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Murphy cites a report indicating a significant increase in overdose deaths in 2016.

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