09/12/2016
https://www.congress.gov...
"In 2016, 235.9 million opioid pills were sold in Arkansas, three opioid prescriptions for every Arkansan."
"It's true in conversations that we have, casework in our office, in which the complaint will be, 'I no longer can get the medications that I need or have had in the past,' so there's pushback because ..."
"Opioid overprescription abuse is truly a severe problem in Arkansas, as we discussed, and is so much so throughout the country."
"Thank you for your testimony today and for the role you're playing in changing the world for the better."