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On the recordMarch 25, 2015
I have worked to reschedule Hydrocodone, combination drugs like Vicodin, Lortab, trying to get them from three to two.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin describes his efforts to regulate opioid prescriptions.

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