To Curb Overdoses, Doctors Push for Prescription Database – Philadelphia Daily News

Published December 9, 2011

To curb overdoses, doctors push for prescription database – Philadelphia Daily News
Filed under: Cocaine Rehab Centers
About 14,800 overdose deaths in 2008 involved prescription painkillers, more than cocaine and heroin combined … are frequently diverted to people using them” to get high, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
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