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No place immune to America's opioid epidemic

Name: No place immune to America's opioid epidemic
Uploaded: 2016-03-29T18:35:00-0400
Duration: 2 min 20 s
Description: President Obama said Tuesday that America's addiction to pain killers is as great a threat as terrorism. Each day, 78 Americans die from overdoses of opioids, which include prescription drugs and heroin. Mark Strassmann reports.

President Obama said Tuesday that America's addiction to pain killers is as great a threat as terrorism. Each day, 78 Americans die from overdoses of opioids, which include prescription drugs and heroin. Mark Strassmann reports.