Addiction to Pain Killers a Growing Problem

3,983 views · Published 18 February 2010 · 1:47 · Indexed 25 September 2026

Channel: UC Davis · 2010 · Science & Technology

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Addiction to prescription painkillers is a growing problem across the United States.  In fact, experts say abuse of prescription drugs today now outpaces illicit drug use. Vicodin, OxyContin and Demerol ? narcotic pain medications that get their patients hooked even as they continue taking the drugs at prescribed levels. (NewsWatch 2010)

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