Hidden Camera Shows Officials Admitting That The VA Is Creating Drug Addicts

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Daily Caller:

Jonah Bennett

June 4 2015

 

New hidden camera footage released by award-winning journalist James O’Keefe reveals officials and employees stating the Department of Veterans Affairs encourages a pill-pushing opioid culture.

 

During the course of an undercover interview, Dr. Maureen McCarthy, deputy chief of patient services for the Veterans Health Administration, admitted overprescription practices are a significant issue across the country.

 

“It’s not you know what people think of as sick patients, so much,” McCarthy said, referring to the recipients of opioids. “It’s people that have drug problems, some of which are caused by us and our prescribing.”

 

For many families, overprescription isn’t a problem in the abstract. In the video produced by Project Veritas, Bob Cranmer stated that after his son hurt his back, it took over a year for the VA to finally see him. Physicians determined he needed surgery for disk repair but they never actually scheduled a surgery, electing to issue pain killers instead for several years.

 

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