Doctor: Veterans get hooked, not healed, at VA hospital

Published June 14, 2010

Doctor: Veterans get hooked, not healed, at VA hospital
Two doctors who worked at the Hampton VA Medical Center say powerful narcotics are being over prescribed to veterans there, leaving them addicted while their underlying medical conditions go untreated. The doctors have warned that the high volume of narcotics may be feeding a pipeline of dangerous drugs that are illegally resold in the community, with potentially fatal results.