MichiganLive.com
In the fall of 2012, decorated veteran Benjamin O. Green received two strokes of good fortune — the birth of his daughter and the Veterans Administration telling him it was stepping forward to help him overcome his drug addiction. Green’s fourth daughter, Georgia, was born Sept. 7. The same day, he received a call from the VA letting him know the agency was reimbursing him for two years’ worth of funds he’d spent on methadone dosages. The VA assured it would foot the bill for his ongoing treatment. Green is using methadone as a substitute for the painkiller addiction he acquired after dental care while in the Marines.
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