Vital Signs: Prescription Painkiller Overdose Deaths Increasing
Deaths from prescription painkillers have reached epidemic levels in the past decade. The number of overdose deaths is now greater than those of deaths from heroin and cocaine combined.
Nearly 15,000 people die every year of overdoses involving prescription painkillers.
Vital Signs: Prescription Painkiller Overdoses in the US
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