Veterans like 37-year-old Lee Westphal are twice as likely to die of an overdose as other Americans are, according to federal data.
Westphal is one of the estimated 13 percent of veterans that have become addicted to opioids prescribed to them for chronic pain.
The American opioid epidemic has killed more people than has warfare in Iraq – where Westphal fought – Afghanistan and Vietnam combined.
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