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Gus Bilirakis: Why would you approve a drug with 5 times as much hydrocodone as Vicodin with no abuse-deterrent properties?

On the recordApril 6, 2014
Why would you approve a drug with 5 times as much hydrocodone as Vicodin with no abuse-deterrent properties?
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Gus Bilirakis
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Bilirakis questions the approval of a potent opioid lacking abuse deterrents.

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