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SAMSA Releases New Prescription Drug Abuse Data

By Jeralyn, Section Crime Policy
Posted on Wed Jan 09, 2013 at 06:26:02 PM EST
Tags: prescription drug abuse (all tags)
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Here is the SAMSA's latest "State Estimates of Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers."

The Denver Post hyperventilates:

Six percent of Coloradans said they used prescription painkillers — such as Percocet or Oxycontin — for nonmedical purposes in 2010 and 2011, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. That was second only to Oregon, where the rate was 6.37 percent.

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