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Quick Read: Northern California Doctor Under Fire for Prolific Painkiller Prescriptions

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Prescription drug abuse kills 40 people every day across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control. While most of the deaths are in people who obtain the drugs illegally, away from the practice of medicine, many doctors are wrestling with appropriate management of patients with intractable, chronic pain. How high a dose is too high? And when is it dangerous?

One had been to jail and nursed a gunshot wound. Another had run away from home as a teenager and lost her children to foster care. A third was struggling with the death of her daughter and had a history of alcohol abuse.

Read more at: www.californiareport.org

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