Many of those with me today have personally known the heartache of a loved one taken by drug or alcohol addiction. I do. Just like millions of American families. Every year we lose an estimated 300,000 people to drug and alcohol abuse. And the real number is probably much, much higher than that. Thankfully, drug overdose Deaths plummeted by 21% in the last year. We're Working very hard on it. (02:27–02:33)
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Asserts that 300,000 people die annually from drug and alcohol abuse in the U.S.
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