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**FILE** D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
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DMV Tackles Deadly Opioid Crisis

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Actors from the miniseries "Jacqueline and Jilly" with Congressman Bobby Scott. (From left): Tracey B. Wilson, Lamont Easter, Ginger Clark, Charmin Lee, Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Victoria Rowell, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Richard Brooks, Christen Roberts, J. Shawn Durham and Shannon Wallace at the Lincoln Theatre for the premiere of the production about opioid addiction epidemic on Dec. 10, 2018 in which they all star. (Brigette Squire/The Washington Informer)
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Victoria Rowell Miniseries Tackles Opioid Crisis

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