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VA must do more to reduce painkiller prescriptions
While prescription drug abuse is a problem in the civilian world as well, the VA's own researchers found that the fatal overdose rate was nearly double the national average. They also found that doctors were prescribing more opiates to veterans with …
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US prescription drug overdoses quadruple over last decade
On a state-by-state basis, West Virginia led the nation with the highest drug overdose mortality rate of 28.9 per 100,000 people, the majority of which were caused by prescription drug abuse. Since 1999, the state's fatal overdose rate has increased by …
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