Feds: Painkillers a growing drug problem
Acetaminophen reigns as one of the most popular painkillers ever, despite sometimes getting bad press. (Dec. 19, 2011)
Someone dies every 19 minutes in the United States from a prescription painkiller overdose, making the abuse of controlled medications the fastest growing drug problem in the country, according to federal researchers.
Deaths from prescription narcotic overdoses have more than tripled during the past decade, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and about...
