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Andy Beshear: “Four straight years of declining overdose deaths.”

Featuring: Andy Beshear, Democratic | Governor of Kentucky

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Gov. Andy Beshear - Team Kentucky Update 7.16.26

Published | Video Starts at 27:57

But to everybody who works in the treatment and recovery area, thank you. Thank you for work you put in for decades, but the last four years, Four straight years of declining overdose deaths. I mean, there are people at that kitchen table. There are people at that holiday meal that otherwise wouldn't have been there. There are fewer empty chairs, fewer locks that will go on the fences. (27:57–28:01)

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Asserts that there have been four consecutive years of declining overdose deaths in Kentucky.

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