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Advocates try to rein in prescriptions from dentists
Clip: 2/6/2019 | 2m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
Dentists write 12 percent of all opioid prescriptions.
According to the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey, dentists write 12 percent of all opioid prescriptions. With a large portion of new heroin users starting out their opioid addiction with prescribed painkillers, organizations and advocates push to limit the number of scripts written by doctors in dentistry.
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Advocates try to rein in prescriptions from dentists
Clip: 2/6/2019 | 2m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
According to the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey, dentists write 12 percent of all opioid prescriptions. With a large portion of new heroin users starting out their opioid addiction with prescribed painkillers, organizations and advocates push to limit the number of scripts written by doctors in dentistry.
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