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Joe Manchin: “We are getting pummeled by the opiate addiction that goes on in our State and around this country.”

On the recordJune 5, 2017
We are getting pummeled by the opiate addiction that goes on in our State and around this country.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Senator Manchin highlights the severe impact of opiate addiction in West Virginia.

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