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Patrick Leahy: “We've left too many veterans broken and in pain. When we needed these brave men and women to return to battle, it was…”

On the recordNovember 14, 2017
We've left too many veterans broken and in pain. When we needed these brave men and women to return to battle, it was very easy just to prescribe opioids for pain management.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy discusses the consequences of opioid prescriptions for veterans returning from service.

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