Oxycodone Linked to Rise in Opioid-Related Deaths

“In the Canadian province of Ontario, painkiller abuse appears to have boosted the number of deaths from the drug known as oxycodone. A new study finds that deaths from the use of opioids have doubled since 1991, and the research links greater use of the painkiller oxycodone, also known as OxyContin, to a fivefold increase in deaths related to the drug.”

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