Drug Abuse: Prescription Drug Deaths Soar Among Women, CDC Reports – Boston.com

Prescription drug deaths soar among women, CDC reports – Boston.com
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Eighteen women a day die of a prescription drug overdose in the United States, five times more than a decade earlier, the federal government reported Tuesday. Prescription drug overdoses are on the rise in females across the country, according to the 11-year study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Though men are still likelier than women to die of a prescription drug overdose …
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