Painkiller Abuse Rampant

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08/14/2009

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The abuse of prescription painkillers has become so widespread up north, one agency up hired an epidemiologist to study it. In Traverse City, the same pharmacy was broken into three times. And now, the number people coming into detox addicted to painkillers rivals the number of alcoholics. This week on Points North, a look at the prescription drug crisis.

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