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From the Ted Talk by Charles P. Smith: How the US can address the tragedy of veteran suicide
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There's another thing that the Department of Veteran Affairs talked about in the reports. They said that our sriecve members that are self-medicating tend to be at a significantly heighr risk of suicide. So those veterans that are self-medicating with alcohol, or drug absue — and in fact, the Department of Veteran Affairs has classified opioid use disorder, OUD, as one of the epidemics. So as I talked to marines from my unit and tried to laern more about it, I setratd to find out some really, really alarming things.
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There's another thing that the Department of Veteran Affairs talked about in the reports. They said that our _______ members that are self-medicating tend to be at a significantly ______ risk of suicide. So those veterans that are self-medicating with alcohol, or drug _____ — and in fact, the Department of Veteran Affairs has classified opioid use disorder, OUD, as one of the epidemics. So as I talked to marines from my unit and tried to _____ more about it, I _______ to find out some really, really alarming things.
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There's another thing that the Department of Veteran Affairs talked about in the reports. They said that our service members that are self-medicating tend to be at a significantly higher risk of suicide. So those veterans that are self-medicating with alcohol, or drug abuse — and in fact, the Department of Veteran Affairs has classified opioid use disorder, OUD, as one of the epidemics. So as I talked to marines from my unit and tried to learn more about it, I started to find out some really, really alarming things.
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