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Study: Most Addicts Get Painkillers from Friends or Family, Not Doctors – TIME Healthland

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Only 1 in 5 people who misuse opioid painkillers like Vicodin get their drugs exclusively from doctors, and 69% never obtain any of these drugs from medical sources, according to a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers led by Yale's Dr.

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healthland.time.com — “Only 1 in 5 people who misuse opioid painkillers like Vicodin get their drugs exclusively from doctors, and 69% never obtain any of these drugs from medical sources, according to a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers led by Yale's Dr.View full resource at healthland.time.com

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