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Opioid painkiller prescribing varies widely among states - Press Release

July 1, 2014

Health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for opioid painkillers in 2012 - many more in some states than in others - according to a Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that highlights the danger of overdose.

Original Source: https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=132608&c=308620

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