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CDC: Painkiller OD deaths outnumber deaths from heroin, cocaine - latimes.com

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Abuse of opioid pain medications has been on the rise for the last decade, and now more Americans die from overdoses of these prescription drugs than from overdoses of heroin and cocaine combined.

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Tags: Pain Medication, Pain, Drug, CDC, Mortality, Opiate

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NutritionWhiz Stella Metsovas

Very lethal... RT @LATimeshealth: Prescription #painkillers outpace heroin, cocaine in OD deaths http://t.co/Pse7qiNU

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