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"...When we boil off the hype, we find that the “real” numbers of yearly deaths where a pain killer prescribed to a pain patient might have been involved is much smaller — like maybe 7,000 instead of 60,000 in 2016. About half of drug-related deaths don’t involve opioids at all (thousands of deaths from heart failure or liver toxicity are attributed to Ibuprofen or Acetaminophen).  Among the remaining 33,000 deaths last year, most involved multiple street drugs and alcohol – …."

"...only 8% of OD victims had a recent prescription. …"

http://nationalpainreport.com/figures-lie-and-liars-figure-why-the-demographics-of-the-so-called-prescription-opioid-crisis-dont-work-8834839.html

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