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Joe Manchin: “More than a half a million VA patients are abusing opiates, and VA patients overdosed on prescription pain medication…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2017
More than a half a million VA patients are abusing opiates, and VA patients overdosed on prescription pain medication have more than doubled the national average.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin highlights the opioid crisis affecting veterans in West Virginia.

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