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Tammy Baldwin: “Between 2019 and 2021, opioid overdose deaths in Wisconsin grew by a staggering 97 percent. In no small part due to…”

On the recordApril 10, 2024
Between 2019 and 2021, opioid overdose deaths in Wisconsin grew by a staggering 97 percent. In no small part due to synthetic fentanyl.
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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Highlights the alarming rise in opioid deaths linked to fentanyl.

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