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On the recordMay 8, 2019
If you read Dopesick, by Beth Macy, she points out that two-thirds of all the treatment centers for opioid addiction in the United States still do not allow medical treatment, other drugs to take you down.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly emphasizes the inadequacy of treatment centers for opioid addiction.

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