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Drug Overdose Deaths Up for 11th Consecutive Year

Drug Overdose Deaths Up for 11th Consecutive Year

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Drug overdose deaths rose for the 11th straight year, federal data show, and most of them were accidents involving addictive painkillers despite growing attention to risks from these medicines.

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