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Painkiller Overdose Deaths At Record High

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Records show that in 2008, overdose deaths from painkillers surged to 15,000, more than from heroin and cocaine combined. What do you think?


"Well, if all those crybabies stopped going, 'Wah, wah, wah! My shattered kneecap hurts. Gimme pills!' we wouldn’t have this problem."

Adam Sellins • Package Crimper

"I've always just stuck to huffing. Is anyone dying from that? Because I really love it and have no plans to stop."

Keith Starzelski • Furniture Detailer

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"Yeah, that was so 2008, after Heath Ledger's death and all. Now complications from pancreatic cancer is totally the hip way to go.”

Frieda Chavez • Unemployed