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On the recordMay 16, 2018
I mean think that's a really important point to drive home, is that the physicians that are prescribing the opioids were doing that at a lower rate, but the opioids are getting in the wrong hands.
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Scott DesJarlais
Republican · Tennessee

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DesJarlais emphasizes the issue of opioids ending up with unintended users.

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