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Tim Kaine: “I think one of the issues that I had not focused on so much until your testimony today is the consequences of opioids on…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2016
I think one of the issues that I had not focused on so much until your testimony today is the consequences of opioids on things like falls, or heart risk, or other risk to organs.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine highlights the overlooked health risks associated with opioid use.

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