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On the recordApril 18, 2018
Doctors used to be criticized for prescribing too conservatively. Now they are criticized, and I believe fairly, for prescribing too much.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Hatch discusses the shift in criticism towards doctors regarding opioid prescriptions.

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