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West Virginia / Joe Rannazzisi / Randy Balaji / DEA #1173541

CBS Evening News for Wednesday, May 25, 2016
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Tonight we continue our investigation of the opiate epidemic which is taking more than 80 lives a day. West Virginia which leads the nation in overdose deaths is fighting the epidemic in court by suing six national companies that distribute painkillers. Here's Jim Axelrod. This is what the opioid crisis looks like in West Virginia. People addicted to pain pills lining up on foot and in cars at a small town drugstore to get their prescriptions filled. In 2014 almost 19000 people died of an opioid...
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Jim Axelrod
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00:04:10

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