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Heroin Overdose Deaths Increased in Many States Through 2012

Still twice as many people died from prescription opioid overdoses

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2014.  Heroin deaths increased sharply in many states, according to a report of death certificate data from 28 states published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in this week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Despite these findings, still more than twice as many people died from prescription opioid overdoses as died from heroin in these states in 2012.

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