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OxyContin, Vicodin and methadone contributed to the deaths of nearly 15,000 people in 2008.

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19-year-old was placed on life support.

Posted Friday, March 18, 2011

Utah Medics Concerned About Heroin Overdoses

In at least half the cases the victims died

Posted Monday, July 19, 2010


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