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Corin Cates-Carney, Montana Public Radio

Montana’s ‘Pain Refugees’ Travel To California To Get Prescribed Opioids

By Corin Cates-Carney, Montana Public Radio August 4, 2016

With rising awareness of opioid abuse, some pain patients say doctors are less likely to prescribe them. One Montana sufferer goes to great lengths to get his prescription — he flies to California.

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