charges were filed for the diversion of 4,000 oxycodone pills and 3300 hydrocodone pills from just one veteran s hospital, all destined to be sold on the street according to the indictment. the alleged cup pritlprits. v.a. employees. one person altered and signed the purchase invoices and coordinated with the others placing the drugs in a nondescript bag in a prearranged location at the hospital. all three pleaded not guilty. opioid addiction is just a portion of the prescriptions filled every year. why are the veterans not being better protected? it s clear to me and everybody in the room, the v.a., god bless them, they re doing a horrible job with this issue. a report on potential causes for drug loss was detailed in a