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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Addiction rates are directly related to availability and…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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RFK Jr. and Pam Bondi discuss illegal vaping

Published | Video Starts at 29:28

So. Yes, on that. And let me let him jump in on that as well. I mean, there's there, it's an interesting question. There's study after study that shows that Addiction rates are directly related to availability and also the absence of social stigma. We've had a series of waves of addiction in this country. In the early 20s, when heroin and cocaine were legal, we had a wave of addiction. (29:28–29:36)

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Asserts that addiction rates correlate with availability and lack of social stigma.

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