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Gene Green: “As we know, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared our nation's prescription drug abuse crisis an…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2015
As we know, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared our nation's prescription drug abuse crisis an epidemic.
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Gene Green
Democratic · Texas

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Gene Green highlights the CDC's declaration of the opioid crisis as an epidemic.

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