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On the recordJanuary 16, 2018
In Oklahoma, there is currently a physician going through the process right now that saw 90 patients a day and was writing narcotics 'scripts to almost every one of them as they came through.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford highlights a concerning case of overprescription in Oklahoma.

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