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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “The financial cost of our country is in the trillions.”

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 05:53

I lost another niece to injuries, who's now a quadriplegic because of this disease. All of our families are touched. Every American family. The financial cost of our country is in the trillions. What we're determined to do is to avert a fourth wave of addiction. I became an addict because it was so available, but I still had to go to Harlem, … (05:53–05:57)

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Asserts that the financial cost of addiction in the U.S. is in the trillions of dollars.

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