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February 19, 2013 08:26 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/iS8WsXs2e0c/drug-od-fatalities-up-for-11th.html
Drug OD fatalities up for 11th consecutive year; not one was due to marijuana
Federal data to be released this week through the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that drug overdose deaths rose for the 11th year in a row. Most were accidents involving prescription painkillers; specifically, opioids like OxyContin and Vicodin, commonly prescribed for pain management, and widely abused. Not one single death in this report [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/iS8WsXs2e0c/drug-od-fatalities-up-for-11th.html
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