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On the recordMarch 29, 2009
It is absolutely critical that we recognize that this is not merely a drug crisis, but it could easily become an economic crisis as well.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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Barrasso warns of the economic implications of the drug crisis.

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