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Opioids including Oxycontin, Vicodin, and morphine can be dangerous even when prescribed...
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Opioid drugs are derived from substances that occur naturally in the opium poppy,...
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Natural opioids, such as codeine, heroin, morphine, and opium, can be extraced from...
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The semisynthetic opioid oxycodone is widely prescribed for pain relief.
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In 1999, the death rate from opioid drug overdose in the United States began to increase...
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