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Philadelphia's Battle Against Opioids Takes Aim at Hard-Hit Neighborhood

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Philadelphia's Battle Against Opioids Takes Aim at Hard-Hit Neighborhood
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President Trump's opioid commission is calling for more federal funding to battle addiction and deadly opioid drug-related overdoses in the United States. More than 175 Americans are dying every day and the Trump administration has declared the opioid crisis a “public health emergency”. VOA's Chris Simkins takes us to a hard hit Philadelphia neighborhood where the opioid epidemic is on open display.

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