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By Sarah Beller
Rates of opioid abuse are down in Southern states, but rising in the West, according to a recent SAMSHA report. MORE
Dr. Stan Li, who once prescribed pills to a Long Island pharmacy gunman, now faces manslaughter charges over two other patients. MORE
Methadone is best known as a treatment for heroin addicts. It's also prescribed for pain far too often. MORE
The late NHL enforcer left behind a paper trail detailing the thousands of pills he was prescribed, his father reveals. MORE
By Mike Guy
Metropolitan ER visits from painkillers and anxiety meds are high, but still a fraction of the national average MORE
By Will Godfrey
Methadone Clinics Create "Drug Bazaar," Mueller Enlists Sheen's Lawyer in Aspen Cocaine Case, and "Addiction" to Cell Phone Word Game Gets Alec Baldwin Booted Off Plane. MORE
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