Prescription Painkillers Sales Up 90 Percent

Prescription Painkillers Sales Up 90 Percent – Since 1997, sales of Oxycontin and four other leading brands of painkillers are up 90 percent, officials said. Addiction to painkillers such as Oxycontin can…

50 NY groups launch campaign to warn against addiction to prescription …

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BUFFALO, New York — More than 50 upstate New York organizations are teaming up on a campaign to warn against prescription painkiller addiction. The campaign is being kicked off at Buffalo State College on Wednesday. Those involved include treatment … Read more on The Republic

A Step to Curb Painkiller Abuses

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Fatal overdoses from these painkillers more than quintupled among women and more than tripled among men from 1999 to 2010, when they killed more than 16,000 people and led many other users into addiction. Federal officials have called the misuse and … Read more on New York Times