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China, Mexico take center stage in Senate hearing on spike in fentanyl deaths
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China and Mexico take center stage a Senators convene to discuss the fentanyl crisis as deaths spiked in 2021, prompting partisan fighting over border security.
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"In 2021 we saw the largest annual increase in opioid deaths in 50 years, and the 35 years between 1979 and 2016 600,000 Americans died due to overdose and 100,000 died last year," Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy said.
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