VA's Lack of Pain Treatment Options Led to Opiate Addiction, Vet Says
You could see only the whites of my eyes," Minyard told ABC News and the Center for Investigative Reporting. "I was just not responding." It was Christmas 2011, and Minyard said he was stoned on opiates prescribed by doctors at the Department of …
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Ocean City Democrats Endorse William Hughes in Nationally Significant …
The Second Congressional District is among the top 28 races nationally this year. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee established 16 … “Mental illness and substance abuse go hand-in-hand,” Hughe said. “People self medicate with oxycotin …
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After 18-year search, Missouri man finds half-brother 80 miles away
Not long after the newspaper story, Schroeder gained the help of Niels Zussblatt, an analyst at the National Personnel Records Center with a reputation for finding relatives of babies conceived while U.S. soldiers served overseas. Zussblatt found …
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