Sales of Pain Medication Skyrocket by 90 Percent Over 8 Years
Charleston Daily Mail › August 21, 2007
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - People in the United States are living in a world of pain and they are popping pills at an alarming rate to cope with it.
The amount of five major painkillers sold at retail establishments rose 90 percent between 1997 and 2005, according to an Associated Press analysis of statistics from the Drug Enforcement Administration.See the full content of this document
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Sales of Pain Medication Skyrocket by 90 Percent Over 8 Years
More than 200,000 pounds of codeine, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone and meperidine were purchased at retail stores during the most recent year represented i...
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