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J. D. Vance: “We have way higher rates of mental health substance abuse.”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 59:22

And I appreciate what Tim said, actually, about Finland, because I do think it illustrates some of the, frankly, weird differences between our own country's gun violence problems. And Finland is okay. First of all, We have way higher rates of mental health substance abuse. We have way higher rates of depression, way higher rates of anxiety. We unfortunately, have a mental health crisis in this country that I really do think that we need … (59:22–59:31)

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Asserts that the U.S. has higher rates of mental health substance abuse compared to other countries.

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