Steven Harkins at 16:33, 4 February 2010

2010-02-04T16:33:16Z

Steven Harkins: New page: Prescription Painkillers that contain morphine and codeine can cause dependency and addiction. In the U.S. figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that prescriptio...

2010-02-04T16:26:57Z

New page: Prescription Painkillers that contain morphine and codeine can cause dependency and addiction. In the U.S. figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that prescriptio...

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Prescription Painkillers that contain morphine and codeine can cause dependency and addiction. In the U.S. figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that prescription drugs cause most of the more than 26,000 fatal drug overdoses each year. The number of overdose deaths from opioid painkillers — opium-like drugs that include morphine and codeine — more than tripled from 1999 to 2006, to 13,800 deaths that year, according to CDC statistics released Wednesday<ref>Liz Szabo, [http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-09-30-drug-overdose_N.htm Prescriptions now biggest cause of fatal drug overdoses], USA Today, 10-February-2009, Accessed 04-February-2010</ref>.

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−	Prescription Painkillers that contain morphine and codeine can cause dependency and addiction. In the U.S. figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that prescription drugs cause most of the more than 26,000 fatal drug overdoses each year. The number of overdose deaths from opioid painkillers — opium-like drugs that include morphine and codeine — more than tripled from 1999 to 2006, to 13,800 deaths that year~~, according to CDC statistics released Wednesday~~<ref>Liz Szabo, [http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-09-30-drug-overdose_N.htm Prescriptions now biggest cause of fatal drug overdoses], USA Today, 10-February-2009, Accessed 04-February-2010</ref>.	+	Prescription Painkillers that contain morphine and codeine can cause dependency and addiction. In the U.S. figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that prescription drugs cause most of the more than 26,000 fatal drug overdoses each year. The number of overdose deaths from opioid painkillers — opium-like drugs that include morphine and codeine — more than tripled from 1999 to 2006, to 13,800 deaths that year<ref>Liz Szabo, [http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-09-30-drug-overdose_N.htm Prescriptions now biggest cause of fatal drug overdoses], USA Today, 10-February-2009, Accessed 04-February-2010</ref>.

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Steven Harkins at 16:33, 4 February 2010

Steven Harkins: New page: Prescription Painkillers that contain morphine and codeine can cause dependency and addiction. In the U.S. figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that prescriptio...