U.S. heroin deaths double in link to prescription painkillers: CDC

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U.S. heroin deaths double in link to prescription painkillers: CDC

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-heroin-deaths-double-prescription-painkillers-cdc-221450381.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XLPzjsmzJlH_fDb3OXSnpQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9Njk7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-10-02T221450Z_1_LYNXNPEA910ZA_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Powdered heroin is pictured in this undated handout photo" align="left" title="Powdered heroin is pictured in this undated handout photo" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - The over-prescribing of painkillers is fuelling nearly 17,000 annual deaths from overdoses in the United States as well as a rise in heroin use, according to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday. The CDC reviewed 2010-2012 mortality data from 28 states to measure rising fatal heroin overdose rates and determine how the increases were tied to prescription painkillers. The study found that the death rate from heroin overdoses doubled during that two-year span to from 1 to 2. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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