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Abdul El-Sayed: “600,000 people dead [from the opioid epidemic].”

Featuring: Abdul El-Sayed, Podcast Host, America Dissected | National

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Abdul El-Sayed talks to Kaitlan Collins after his Michigan primary win

Published | Video Starts at 03:35

… dollars from the pharmaceutical industry for which for his vote, he voted 19 times to raise prescription drug prices, helped to architect the legislation that kicked off the opioid epidemic. 600,000 people dead [from the opioid epidemic]. So I want to give you health care. He wants to take it away. I provided Narcan and 100 vending machines for free. (03:35–03:37)

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Asserts that the opioid epidemic has resulted in 600,000 deaths.

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