Amy Goodman
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Drugging America's Veterans: Painkiller Abuse Spreads As VA Becomes Vets' "Drug Dealer of Choice"
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April 4, 2014
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15:23Now PlayingWe look at challenges faced by U.S. soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan with investigative reporter Aaron Glantz, who has spent more than a decade covering the Iraq War and the treatment veterans receive when they come home. This week, The Center for Investigative Reporting won a prestigious Peabody Award for his report that exposes how the Department of Veterans Affairs has become the drug dealer of choice for many veterans who are now addicted to prescription painkillers, which were prescribed to treat a myriad of mental health and other physical injuries. According to the investigation, VA prescriptions for four opiates hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine have surged by 270 percent in the past 12 years.
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