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Prescription Painkiller Overdoses at Epidemic Levels

Kill more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined

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Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 1, 2011.  The death toll from overdoses of prescription painkillers has more than tripled in the past decade, according to an analysis in the CDC Vital Signs report released today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This new finding shows that more than 40 people die every day from overdoses involving narcotic pain relievers like hydrocodone (Vicodin), methadone, oxycodone (OxyContin), and oxymorphone…

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