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Kash Patel: “Last year we saw a 20% reduction in opioid deaths in…”

Featuring: Kash Patel, Republican | Former Chief of Staff to the Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 16:25

I said, we are not going to agree on everything, but on these things, as my role as the FBI director, this is common ground for us to agree on. And on the fentanyl specifically, look, Last year we saw a 20% reduction in opioid deaths in America. That's a huge reduction, and that's not by accident. When I went there 10 months ago, I said, look, the fentanyl precursors are a big problem. (16:25–16:35)

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