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ā€œAs Opioid Deaths Reach Record High, Drug Industry Resists Efforts to...

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ā€œIn 2014, the number of people who died from drug overdoses in the United States reached 47,055 — an all-time high, according to a disturbing report published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),ā€ but ā€œthe effort to get physicians to curb their prescribing of these drugs may be faltering amid stiff resistance from drugmakers, industry-funded groups and, now, even other public health officials.ā€