Overdoses Increasing While Opioid Rx at 10-year Low

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The data clearly shows that the rise in overdose numbers is not affected by the brutal and cruel decrease in prescribing these most effective pain-relieving drugs.

This chart from ATIPUSA.org shows what’s been happening since the number of prescriptions peaked in 2012:

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