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National Coalition against Prescription Drug Abuse
Mother of a son, Joey, who died from an overdose involving prescription drugs; Founder and CEO of the National Coalition against Prescription Drug Abuse
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April Rovero
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FROM April Rovero
Which Way, L.A.?
Do Painkillers Do More Harm than Good: A Doctor's Dilemma The federal Centers for Disease Control produced a surprising finding today about the epidemic of deaths in America from prescription pain-killers. Drug overdoses kill 16,000 people a year. Previously, it had been thought that abusers got their pills from friends and family. The CDC says 27% of chronic prescription drug abuses got them directly from a physician. A recent study by the LA Times showed that doctors' prescriptions lead to 47% of fatal overdoses in Southern California.
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