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Posted inAccountability

As opioid crisis strains foster care, states aren’t tracking the damage

by Byard Duncan January 8, 2018June 30, 2021

In states hit hard by the opioid epidemic, directly connecting child removals to a specific drug type is nearly impossible.

Posted inHealth Care for Veterans, Opiates, Returning Home to Battle

Obama signs new opiate safety law for veterans

by Aaron Glantz July 22, 2016July 25, 2016

President Barack Obama has signed sweeping new narcotics reforms into law that dramatically change the way the Department of Veterans Affairs dispenses and monitors dangerous and addictive opiates.

Posted inOpiates, Returning Home to Battle

VA fires doctor known as ‘Candy Man’

by Amy Pyle October 30, 2015December 15, 2015

The chief of staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Tomah, Wisconsin — exposed by Reveal for his opiate prescription practices — has been fired, effective Nov. 9.

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Posted inBenefits, Health Care for Veterans, Opiates, Returning Home to Battle

Federal report confirms veteran’s overdose death at Tomah VA hospital

by Bobby Caina Calvan August 7, 2015June 30, 2021

Federal investigators have confirmed that a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs killed Marine Corps veteran Jason Simcakoski, a psychiatric patient at the Tomah, Wisconsin, veterans hospital known as “Candy Land” for its rampant use of opiates.

Posted inOpiates, Returning Home to Battle

Congressional hearing reveals 4 more deaths at Tomah, Wisconsin, VA

by Aaron Glantz March 30, 2015June 30, 2021

A congressional hearing today revealed more unexpected deaths at the Tomah, Wisconsin, VA – known as “Candy Land” for the ease with which narcotic painkillers were prescribed – during Dr. David Houlihan’s decade as the hospital’s chief of staff.

Posted inOpiates, Returning Home to Battle

Nearly 100,000 veterans prescribed dangerous tranquilizer-opiate combo

by Aaron Glantz March 26, 2015June 30, 2021

Nearly 100,000 veterans currently are receiving prescriptions for both tranquilizers and narcotic painkillers from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, a potentially deadly combination that is explicitly discouraged by agency guidelines.

Posted inHealth Care for Veterans, Opiates, Returning Home to Battle

The death of baby Ada Mae and the tragic effects of addicted veterans

by Aaron Glantz March 14, 2015June 30, 2021

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Tomah, Wisconsin, notorious for its skyrocketing rate of opiate prescriptions, has contributed to dozens of tragedies that have affected people other than the veterans taking the drugs.

Posted inOpiates, Returning Home to Battle

Dereliction of duty

by Julia B. Chan March 14, 2015July 1, 2021

In this episode of Reveal, we look at the power of a single photo, a VA doctor accused of handing out opiates to veterans like “candy” and surgery patients who got screwed out of legitimate medical hardware.

Posted inOpiates, Returning Home to Battle

Who’s responsible when America’s your drug dealer?

by Julia B. Chan March 14, 2015June 30, 2021

Meet the “Candy Man” – the chief of staff at a VA hospital in Tomah, Wisconsin. Hospital staff members say Dr. David Houlihan “hands out narcotics like they’re candy.”

Posted inHealth Care, Health Care for Veterans, Opiates, Returning Home to Battle

Action on the VA’s pain pill habit

by Jaena Rae Cabrera March 1, 2014March 19, 2015

On our debut pilot, reporter Aaron Glantz uncovered how the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been prescribing highly addictive pain medications at an alarming rate. He returns to the show to discuss how lawmakers might address the spike in opiate prescriptions.

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