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• Source: Las Vegas Sun
• Date: July 06, 2008
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• Bylines: Marshall Allen , Alex Richards
• Topics: Drugs
• Data Types: Federal Data
• Description/Excerpt: Nevadans consume about twice the national average of several prescription painkillers, making us among the most narcotic-addled populations in the United States, a Sun analysis has found. The consequences are deadly. More people in Clark County die of prescription narcotics overdoses than of overdoses of illicit drugs or from vehicle accidents. In 2006, Nevadans were the No. 1 users per capita of hydrocodone - better-known by the brand names Vicodin or Lortab.  Nevada is ranked fourth in the nation for methadone, morphine and oxycodone use per person, the Sun analysis found.
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