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Joseph P. Kennedy III: “Benzodiazepine scripts have gone up over 30 percent since COVID hit--30 percent.”

On the recordJune 29, 2020
Benzodiazepine scripts have gone up over 30 percent since COVID hit--30 percent.
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Joseph P. Kennedy III
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Kennedy highlights the rise in benzodiazepine prescriptions during the pandemic.

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