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On the recordFebruary 25, 2015
I am assuming that is in reflection of the rise of heroin, the rise in heroin overdoses, younger people being affected by this.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Capito comments on the increase in heroin overdoses among youth.

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