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VA's Opiate Overload Feeds Veterans' Addictions, Overdose Deaths

VA's opiate overload feeds veterans' addictions, overdose deaths
His orders: detox from a brutal addiction to painkillers. He had only the clothes on his back, his watch, … Prescriptions for four opiates – hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine – have surged by 270 percent in the past 12 years, according …
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