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John Cornyn: “Fentanyl took roughly 70,000 lives last year alone.”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 07:59

Fentanyl, as we now know, is spread throughout the United States, is hidden in counterfeit pills that look like an innocuous pharmaceutical, only to find out that it will kill you at small doses. It Fentanyl took roughly 70,000 lives last year alone. And it's a leading cause of death for young people between the age of 18 and 45. That's what comes over the border. (07:59–08:04)

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