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Prescription drug abuse a ‘silent epidemic’ in N.D.

By   /  May 23, 2012  /  News, State Politics, Top Stories  /  2 Comments

(Photo by Matt Bunk) North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem holds a bottle of oxycodone that was prescribed to him by a dentist. He uses it as a prop when talking about the dangers of prescription drug abuse, which he says is a growing and dangerous trend statewide.

Jeremy didn’t expect to get hooked on oxycodone after undergoing surgery to repair multiple leg fractures back in 2007. He didn’t think taking a prescribed drug while his leg was healing would give him a jones after the pain was long gone. And he certainly didn’t want to run up a massive credit card debt [...]

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