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On the recordApril 2, 2014
We actually did this in a thing called The Place, in Burlington, Vermont, for 7 or 8 years, back in the late '60s and early '70s.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy reflects on a past program in Vermont addressing overdose situations.

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