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1,270 Dead from Prescription Overdose

Panama City, FL
The Florida Panhandle Nurse Practitioner Coalition

Orlando Sentinel
As the state tries to crack down on pill mills, a new report shows that prescription drugs killed nearly 1,270 Floridians during the first half of 2010. Oxycodone was blamed for more deaths than alcohol, cocaine and heroin combined