Prescription Painkiller Abuse Up

American Voices • health • ISSUE 46•27 • Jul 5, 2010

According to a Department of Health and Human Services study, emergency room visits for recreational use of opioid painkillers went up 111 percent from 2004 to 2008. What do you think?

“I broke a lot of men's hearts in the mid-2000s."”
Gwenn Furnier –
Systems Analyst
“Not in my household. Here, you take too many opioid painkillers, you lie there until you've learned your lesson." ”
Rebecca Buxton –
Kiln Loader
“Used to be you only went to the emergency room after being in a motorcycle accident."”
William Bruce –
Lens Polisher

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