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Painful Painkillers

Prescriptions, Pain, and Profits

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  • Prescriptions, Pain, and Profits
  • Pharmaceutical crisis round table (uncut)
  • Face to Face: Rx for Profit?
  • Dr. Buckwalter, In His Own Words

By Matt Toplikar

Sun, Jul 13, 2008 (2 a.m.)

A Sun investigation reveals a confounding crisis — Nevadans consume about twice the national average per capita of prescription narcotics. Painkillers play a vital role in medicine, but experts struggle to explain why so many are consumed in Nevada. Theories abound, but one thing is sure: As the rate of painkiller use climbs, so too does abuse. And Clark County's overdose deaths from prescription narcotics now outnumber those from street drugs. Complete coverage

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