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Experts see spike in LI painkiller addicts seeking help
Quick ReadThe number of people on Long Island seeking help for prescription painkiller addiction has spiked in recent years.
Photo credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa | Matthew Callaghan photographed at Phoenix House where he is recovering from an addiction to prescription drugs. (July 20, 2010)
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The number of people on Long Island seeking help for prescription painkiller addiction has spiked in recent years - an indicator, experts say, of both a growing awareness of the dangers of such medications and increasing abuse.
In Nassau and Suffolk, 5,664 addicts sought help in 2009, 1,516 more than in 2007, for narcotic painkiller addiction, a 36 percent jump, according to state figures....
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