During emotional hearings about the alleged overprescription of narcotics at the Tomah VA hospital in Wisconsin, many who testified noted there are safer ways to treat pain, including treating with acupuncture.
NPR reported that Americans in the military are prescribed narcotic painkillers three times as often as civilians. In 2014, the Department of Veterans Affairs was treating about 650,000 veterans by giving them opiates.
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