Overdose from prescription painkillers are becoming a major concern for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/PrescriptionPainkillerOverdoses/
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Prescription Painkiller Overdoses in the US
"Deaths from prescription painkillers* have reached epidemic levels in the past decade. The number of overdose deaths is now greater than those of deaths from heroin and cocaine combined. A big part of the problem is nonmedical use of prescription painkillers—using drugs without a prescription, or using drugs just for the "high" they cause. In 2010, about 12 million Americans (age 12 or older) reported nonmedical use of prescription painkillers in the past year..."
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