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Martin Heinrich: “Over-prescription is partially responsible for the epidemic.”

On the recordJune 7, 2017
Over-prescription is partially responsible for the epidemic.
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Martin Heinrich
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Heinrich points out over-prescription as a contributing factor to the opioid crisis.

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