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Jim Webb: The use of psychiatric medications has increased about 76 percent overall since the start of the current wars.

On the recordMarch 9, 2010
The use of psychiatric medications has increased about 76 percent overall since the start of the current wars.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Webb notes the significant rise in psychiatric medication use since the wars began.

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