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Major Study Will Assess Painkiller Detox
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 The 2005 U.S. National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that 2.2 million people aged 12 and older reported being new nonmedical users of pain relievers. That number is greater than the number of new marijuana users (2.1 million).
"Addiction to prescription painkillers has rapidly become a major problem, for which effective treatment strategies are sorely needed," Dr. Marc Gourevitch, professor of medicine, director of the division of general medicine, and principal investigator for the NYU/Bellevue site, said in a prepared statement.
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The U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse has more about prescription drug abuse and addiction.
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Last updated 7/13/2007
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SOURCE: New York University Medical Center, news release, July 9, 2007
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