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Malik Evans: “Probably about 2 to 300,000 people have died of overdoses…”

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

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An Interview with Malik Evans: Mayor of Rochester

Published | Video Starts at 13:39

I mean, at the height of the crack epidemic in the 90s, 80s and 90s, you may have had a couple thousand die in this country in the past two years. Probably about 2 to 300,000 people have died of overdoses [in the past two years]. And it knows no boundaries, no colors, no zip codes. So it is still a major challenge in this country. Monroe County, Rochester is no different. (13:39–13:44)

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