A.M. Vitals: Prescription Painkillers Kill More People Than Heroin and Cocaine - Health Blog - WSJ
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Painkiller ODs Rise: New data from the CDC show that prescription painkillers now kill more people each year than heroin and cocaine combined, the WSJ reports. Painkiller overdoses killed 14,800 people in the U.S. in 2008, compared to 4,000 in 1999, the report says. The CDC says the pills have become easier to get, including from storefront “pill mills.”
