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Prescription Opioid Deaths Level; Heroin-related Deaths Rise
2015-01-24 22:58:15| Biotech - Topix.net
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy is announcing the 2013 drug overdose mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . The data show that drug deaths related to prescription opioids have remained stable since 2012, but the mortality rate associated with heroin increased for the third year in a row.
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