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On the recordOctober 4, 2017
I think you're absolutely right, that we have to put more effort at the front end of this problem and reduce access by changing prescribing habits, and particularly by allowing partial fills, by training physicians that they should only give 10 pills, not 50, that sort of thing.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins emphasizes the need for better prescribing practices to combat opioid misuse.

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