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Gene Green: “Despite universal recognition of the problem, our current efforts are not enough to meet the challenges of the crisis.”

On the recordOctober 7, 2015
Despite universal recognition of the problem, our current efforts are not enough to meet the challenges of the crisis.
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Gene Green
Democratic · Texas

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Gene Green asserts that existing measures are insufficient to tackle the opioid crisis.

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