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Patrick Morrisey: “The drug overdose rate has gone down dramatically in West…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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Patrick Morrisey Announces Economic Initiatives and Job Growth Plans in West Virginia

Published | Video Starts at 29:53

There are fewer providers because Medicaid does. Yes. So what I talked about yesterday, we were down in Princeton yesterday in Mercer county, and we talked about the fact that The drug overdose rate has gone down dramatically in West Virginia. And you know, it can point to a lot of different factors for that. I know that's an issue I've been working really, really hard on over the 12 years I was attorney general and there were a Lot of people. (29:53–29:58)

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Asserts that West Virginia's drug overdose rate has significantly decreased.

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