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    ABC News‏Verified account @ABC 16 Sep 2014

    CDC: Deaths from prescription painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin nearly quadrupled between 1999 and 2011: http://abcn.ws/1oVUzfi 

    2:53 PM - 16 Sep 2014
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      2. .‏ @skroy65 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @ABC

        @ABC legalize marijuana and those numbers will fall dramatically. @Leafly @weedmaps @legalize

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      3. Leafly‏ @Leafly 16 Sep 2014
        Replying to @skroy65

        @skroy65 @ABC @weedmaps @legalize It's true! Just check the numbers: http://www.leafly.com/news/medical/states-with-legal-medical-cannabis-have-seen-a-25-decrease-in-pre …

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      1.  ✖️HavocTheFreak ✖️‏ @HavocTheFreak 16 Sep 2014
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        @ABC I'm Jack's complete lack of surprise.

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      1. Lisa Kindel‏ @lisarkindel 16 Sep 2014
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        @ABC @WNTonight Why are so many of us in physical and emotional pain?

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      1. saiA‏ @saiajosh 16 Sep 2014
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        “@ABC: CDC: Deaths from prescription painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin nearly quadrupled between 1999 and 2011” #legalize

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      1. Curtis M. Chaudoin‏ @cchaudoin1 16 Sep 2014
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        @ABC Thousands of deaths occur each year from surgical mistakes. Read "Secrets from the Operating Room." At Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

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      1. Hell's Gate‏ @HellsGate8 16 Sep 2014
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        @ABC #don't worry it will go down as soon as you get rid of pill mills and pill doctors.

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      1. Jessy Warner-Cohen PhD MPH‏ @JessyWC 16 Sep 2014
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        MT: @ABC: CDC: Deaths from prescription painkillers nearly quadrupled between 1999 and 2011: http://abcn.ws/1oVUzfi ” #publichealth

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      1. Matt Greenslit‏ @MattGreenslit 16 Sep 2014
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        @ABC I live in ME which has the highest percentage of people addicted to opioids. The problem won't stop until more people are in treatment

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      1. Kat Smith‏ @kraftykatrockin 16 Sep 2014
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        @ABC wonder if it could have something to do with all of the chemicals we ingest and slathered all over ourselves ? But that's all ok. 😡

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      1. labrats‏ @labratones 16 Sep 2014
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        @ABC This is worse than Ebola so when will @BarackObama send in the Military ?

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      1. Sarah Pilla‏ @sarahpilla 16 Sep 2014
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        Disgusting thx Big Pharma“@ABC: CDC: Deaths from prescription painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin nearly quadrupled between 1999 and 2011

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      1. Sophia- Author Of "I'm Good" Autobiography‏ @Fosterkidsrock 16 Sep 2014
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        @ABC follow me & please support a positive movement http://youngwisewilliams.wix.com/can-we-talk  My book site http://sophiawilliams.tateauthor.com 

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      1. Kimberly DeRoche‏ @kaderoche 16 Sep 2014
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        @ABC unfortunately my husband was one of them - hopefully things will change with how these meds are given & monitored through pain clinics

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      1. teen vogue over jacobin‏ @waywardbutfine 16 Sep 2014
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        @ABC @PostRacialMyAss | And we aren't even counting the heroin deaths that come along for the ride. OverRxing docs are criminals.

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      1. Kimberly DeRoche‏ @kaderoche 16 Sep 2014
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        “@ABC: CDC: Deaths from prescription painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin nearly quadrupled between 1999 and 2011: http://abcn.ws/1oVUzfi ”

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      1. The Advocate‏ @MrDevilAdvocate 16 Sep 2014
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        @ABC @W_A_Waller So are they thinning out for the baby boomers arrival

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      1. The Advocate‏ @MrDevilAdvocate 16 Sep 2014
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        @ABC @W_A_Waller so basically younger abusers are not abusing as much as before. And doctors are overdosing older true pain related people.

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      1. CNNNEXT NEWS‏ @number1fan64 16 Sep 2014
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        @ABC US to send $500 million in (Ebola) fight 9/16/13 http://cnnnext.com/video/8242/us-to-send-500-million-in-ebola-fight-9-16-13/ …

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