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Sherrod Brown: “Addiction generally, whether it's alcohol, whether it's…”

Featuring: Sherrod Brown, Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Ohio

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And those jobs, 10 years after I graduated, those jobs started to go south because these companies were looking for cheap labor. Then it went overseas. Nafta, PNTR, with China and those communities have struggled. And I think that, you know, Addiction generally, whether it's alcohol, whether it's cocaine, whether it's fentanyl, tends to follow despair. And I think that's probably why, I mean it doesn't mean fentanyl doesn't hit all segments of society, probably worse in those communities. So we have supply issues, we have demand issues. (00:17–01:24)

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