Paul Christo

Director of Pain Training, Johns Hopkins Hospital

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Director of the Pain Training Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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Prescription drug abuse is nothing new, but now it's being called epidemic, "from the Hollywood hills to the hollows of West Virginia."

Abuse of Prescription Drugs Is Being Called a 'National Epidemic'

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