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Mark Kirk: “I have been warned through my family and patients that I have seen, including an ex-staffer of mine, there is a growing…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2015
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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Mark Kirk
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Kirk expresses concern over opioid addiction in medical practices.

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