Painkiller abuse in Minnesota vexes doctors, cops, politicians

September 2, 2015 By: SRHN

“The number of fatal overdoses caused by prescription opioids has skyrocketed in recent years in Minnesota and across the country. More than 16,000 people died of prescription opioid overdoses in 2013, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency has described the opioid overdose crisis as an ‘epidemic.'”