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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Now we're going to wake up and we're going to stop this…”

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

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'I Spent 14 Years A Heroin Addict': RFK Jr. Discusses His Struggle With Addiction At Opioid Event

Published | Video Starts at 07:26

They're bright colors. They're candy flavored. This is really a sinister, sinister industry. As Marty pointed out, our agencies have been asleep in the wheel or all of these other crises. Now we're going to wake up and we're going to stop this before it starts. I want to thank all of these ladies and gentlemen for their commitment to making sure that this does not happen again in our country and averting the fourth wave of addiction. (07:26–07:32)

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Asserts a commitment to proactive measures to prevent a new crisis.

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