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Painkiller Overdoses Triple
Prescription meds are killing three times more people as Rx abuse of drugs like OxyContin and Vicodin continue to skyrocket in the US.
Prescription painkillers like OxyContin, Vicodin and methadone contributed to nearly 15,000 deaths in 2008. That's more than three times the 4,000 deaths in 1999. Those troubling stats come from a new government report released by the CDC that illustrates the danger in big, clear numbers.
And the problem isn’t likely to go away anytime soon.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly five percent of Americans ages 12 and older say they've abused prescription painkillers. The study also shows that fatal overdoses were more likely in men and middle-aged adults.
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