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Chip Roy: “Is it compassionate for the young man or young woman of the 100,000 or so last year who died from drug overdoses to take…”

On the recordMarch 31, 2022
Is it compassionate for the young man or young woman of the 100,000 or so last year who died from drug overdoses to take Xanex and it be laced with fentanyl and die? Is that something that is compassionate? My friend from Virginia, do you think these are compassionate things to be doing?
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Chip Roy
Republican · Texas
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Mar 31, 2022

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