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UNK research project targets national opioid epidemic

October 15, 2019 by Tyler Ellyson

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Roughly two-thirds of all drug overdose deaths involve opioids, which kill an average of 130 people in the United States each day. Of those opioid-related deaths – more than 47,000 in 2017 alone – about a third are caused by pain medications legally prescribed to patients. The U.S. is in the midst of an “epidemic of prescription opioid overdoses,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which notes … [Read more...] about UNK research project targets national opioid epidemic

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, News Tagged With: CDC, Kearney, Luke Hamilton, Mahesh Pattabiraman, Opioid epidemic, research, Surabhi Chandra, UNK

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