Following a recently published report from the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX aired during the pilot episode of a the new public radio program Reveal, today the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee is meeting to hear testimony on the high rate of opiate prescriptions by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
You can follow along and join in the discussion of the hearing at the live blog below:
Read CIR reporter Aaron Glantz's story on VA opiate prescriptions as aired on Reveal on WJCT here.