For some veterans, prescription drugs may be causing pain

Name: For some veterans, prescription drugs may be causing pain
Uploaded: 2013-10-04T00:45:22Z
Duration: P557S
Description: Some veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have returned home to face another battle: addiction to narcotic painkillers prescribed by their doctors. Aaron Glantz of the Center for Investigative Reporting takes a look at whether these wounded warriors are being overmedicated with prescription opiates.

Clip: 10/03/2013 | 9m 17s

Some veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have returned home to face another battle: addiction to narcotic painkillers prescribed by their doctors. Aaron Glantz of the Center for Investigative Reporting takes a look at whether these wounded warriors are being overmedicated with prescription opiates.

Aired: 10/03/13

Rating: NR

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