War veterans over-medicated to death at VA hospital

Full story at http://www.thebluestate.com/2007/03/video_war_veter.html

Jonathan Alter, one of the top tier reporters in the entire news business, did some digging into a VA hospital in Los Angeles County that has reported five deaths in just the last three months as a result of drug overdosing. This was from Monday's Hardball -- part of NBC's four year anniversary special on the Iraq war that ran all day long.

ALTER: The VA in West Los Angeles: a top facility for veterans. But hospitals confirm a rash of overdoses from both prescription and illegal drugs. ... That's five deaths in less than three months in dorm-like residential halls.

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[alrozz]

Veterans should be aware that if you stay in a VA hospital or take any medicine from VA your playing with your life.

[JigaBert35]

man,i tell ya,if i could god dammit,i would run a vet vacation home myself.i have no medical training,but if there is a will there is a way,i would find a way to make these guys have the best posible life that they deserve a whole lot more that alot of people.

[HVACSoldier]

@69QuIzAcK69 EXACTLY. But, what is MSNBC's anser to the problem? Probably that the government should do more of the same.

[TheHunTwo]

Do a study on the college-aged drunks and morons!

[songforamericans]

Vets. ....gave all....for those who give Vets. ....Nothing.

[tonymarie1984]

BAMC does the same shit

[odin422]

HA! Those parents DESERVE to loos their child.

SAD, but true.

[JohnnyQuince]

oh yeah they give that shit away.

[QymLym]

thats for the plug man

[69QuIzAcK69]

WELCOME TO SOCIALIZED MEDICINE!

[MrEarth2000]

The Gov does not want you to live, they want us dead. This is why they send us to illegal drug wars all over the world and then you come home and they sedate you and have a shrink tell you what you are and what you need and then your a zombie to control and all is lost in your mind and you die. This is why no politicians in the Gov, let their kids join any service and if they do it's a Bush story, side line vet with no mission other than to look good and fool us like the Bush family tried to do.