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Opioid prescriptions ebb but addiction, overdoses still vex U.S.
By Jared S. Hopkins, Justin MattinglyOf the more than 50,000 drug-related deaths in the U.S. in 2015, close to two-thirds involved opioids, according to the CDC.
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Of the more than 50,000 drug-related deaths in the U.S. in 2015, close to two-thirds involved opioids, according to the CDC.