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Hal Rogers: “I fear that this Zohydro in straight pill form--you can crush it and shoot it up, chew it, whatever--will be abused just…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2014
I fear that this Zohydro in straight pill form--you can crush it and shoot it up, chew it, whatever--will be abused just like OxyContin was, and we are going to see more young people die.
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Hal Rogers
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Rogers expresses concern over the potential abuse of Zohydro.

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