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Malik Evans: “I sued the opioid manufacturers and got a substantial amount…”

Featuring: Malik Evans, Democratic | Mayor of Rochester, New York

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S1E4: Talking with the Mayor

Published | Video Starts at 31:33

I mean, I'm going to tell you guys what the silent killer is in our community. And it breaks my heart and actually brings tears to my eyes. So we've launched. I sued the opioid manufacturers and got a substantial amount of money from the opiate manufacturers. And we have a fund that we set aside, and we have an opioid task force that we've had, and we've started to tackle this by setting up another program that I came up with in the middle of the night. (31:33–31:40)

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