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On the recordNovember 29, 2017
The increase in the number of deaths in Virginia, as in Tennessee, as the Chairman indicated, was largely attributed to the flooding of the market with fentanyl.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine attributes rising overdose deaths to the influx of fentanyl.

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