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Jeff Merkley: “Isn't that something we can make happen as part of the medical protocols in this country?”

On the recordDecember 4, 2017
Isn't that something we can make happen as part of the medical protocols in this country?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley questions the lack of education on opioid risks in medical protocols.

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