Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper partnered with the state Attorney General and the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse and Prevention to launch a public education campaign aimed at reducing rates of abuse of painkillers and other medications.
A quarter of state residents acknowledge using painkillers in a way not prescribed by a doctor, ranking the state No. 12 in the nation in terms of self-reported nonmedical use of opioids, according to the "Take Meds Seriously" website launched Tuesday. Even as national efforts are underway to reduce reliance on the use of narcoti...
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