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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 | + | 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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Latest revision as of 16:33, 4 February 2010
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[1].
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- ↑ Liz Szabo, Prescriptions now biggest cause of fatal drug overdoses, USA Today, 10-February-2009, Accessed 04-February-2010
