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100			_aJohnson, Linda J.,
245		0	_aPainkillers Flood Mountainous Eastern Kentucky in Record Amounts. _cLinda J. Johnson.
260			_bLexington Herald-Leader, _c2003.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2004. _nArticle 62, _pHealth, _x1522-323X;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
500			_aOriginally Published: Painkillers Flood Mountainous Eastern Kentucky in Record Amounts, Jan. 23, 2003; pp. n.p..
520			_a"Eastern Kentucky is the prescription-painkiller capital of the United States, a place where narcotics such as OxyContin and Vicodin pour in at much higher rates than in Miami, Detroit or Los Angeles. Nearly half a ton of narcotics reached parts of seven small mountain counties from 1998 to 2001--the equivalent of more than 3,000 milligrams for every adult who lives there. A typical pill might contain 10 to 20 milligrams. All the drugs were legal, but they didn't all stay that way." (LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER) This article addresses the widespread abuse of prescription drugs occurring in Eastern Kentucky.
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aAnalgesics
650			_aAppalachian Region
630			_aControlled Substances Act
650			_aDrug traffic
650			_aDrugged driving
651			_aKentucky
650			_aMedication abuse
650			_aNarcotics
650			_aOxycodone
650			_aPharmaceutical industry
650			_aPrescription drugs
610			_aUnited States _bDrug Enforcement Adm.
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2004, _pHealth. _x1522-323X;
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