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To the Point
To the Point

Opioids, doctors and drug addiction

Hosted by Warren Olney Sep. 29, 2017 National
Medical advances should be driving America's average life expectancy up. But instead, it's going down. The cause is an epidemic of deadly overdoses, driven by doctors -- over-prescribing legal painkillers that make their patients addicted to drugs. We hear about prevention… and treatment.

Photo by Elizabeth Roy

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Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Yael Even Or, Devan Schwartz, Evan George

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