Mark Kirk actually said...

I have been warned through my family and patients that I have seen, including an ex-staffer of mine, there is a growing method in medicine just to give the patient happy pills, which emphasize opioids, and get them pretty heavily addicted.

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Kirk expresses concern over opioid addiction in medical practices.

03/09/2015

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