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Pain and the Opioid Epidemic: Stemming the Tide of Addiction and Preventable Deaths

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We are in the midst of a serious epidemic, the likes of which I've never seen.

During the last decade, 125,000 people in our nation died from overdose of prescription painkillers. That compares to 58,000 who died in the Vietnam War.

In the most vulnerable group (35-54 years), more people die each year from prescription opioids than from firearms and car accidents combined.


Mendenhall, M.D., Andrew

 

Hazelden at Beaverton

Addiction

December 1, 2014

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