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On the recordMay 19, 2016
A drug so powerful that it requires monitoring after a patient receives it, a non-physician can prescribe such a drug in this case, leading to suicide?
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Mike Coffman
Republican · Colorado

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Coffman highlights the risks of non-physician prescriptions of powerful drugs.

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