And I would think one of those groups may be whatever is happening in the Defense Department research on this topic because, certainly, servicemembers and veterans have a really high propensity to find themselves in that trap of becoming addicted to the pain medicines that they are given, often because of their service-related injuries, and that cannot be a good thing.
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