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Steve Lynch: “If 68,000 have opiod use disorders and that is 13 percent of the veterans on opioids, that is a huge, huge problem.”

On the recordApril 13, 2016
If 68,000 have opiod use disorders and that is 13 percent of the veterans on opioids, that is a huge, huge problem.
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Steve Lynch
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Lynch highlights the significant issue of opioid use disorders among veterans.

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