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Patrick Morrisey: “We have to stop this terrible drug epidemic.”

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 35:44

And so that's the kind of thing where you think about can you bring everyone together? So we've had some preliminary conversations about that and other issues. But I do think there's an opportunity for leveraging dollars. We have to stop this terrible drug epidemic. And we've been doing everything we can. I know as attorney general, we put all a lot of energy in to helping improve that situation. (35:44–35:49)

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Asserts the necessity to stop the drug epidemic.

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