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Thursday 4 August 2011

Opioid overdose in the US

This statistic surprised me:-

Seattle, WA—Fatal overdoses involving prescribed opioids tripled in the United States between 1999 and 2006, climbing to almost 14,000 deaths annually—more than cocaine and heroin overdoses combined. 


Full article here
http://www.grouphealthresearch.org/newsroom/newsrel/2011/110804.html



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