On the recordNovember 29, 2017
Eighty percent of those were opioids, and of that number, 80% of the opioid overdoses were people whose addiction began when a doctor wrote them a prescription.
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congress.govEighty percent of those were opioids, and of that number, 80% of the opioid overdoses were people whose addiction began when a doctor wrote them a prescription.
Kaine discusses the origins of opioid addiction linked to prescriptions.
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