Van Jesse Good News Today

People and a lot of families are the use of painkillers. what is your sense of the level of prescription or overprescription of painkillers in the v.a.? >> well, theres no doubt throughout the country this is national crisis, a public health crisis. in the v.a. we actually noticed this and began to work on it in 2010, so weve seen about a 30% reduction in opioid use in the v.a --n jesse: good. >> and weve been working on this, and well continue to work on it to make sure that we not only effecti...