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State seeks more data on prescribed pain relief

By Scott Allen
Globe Staff / January 25, 2006

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Alarmed by evidence that more than 3 percent of prescriptions for addictive pain relievers go to drug abusers, Massachusetts regulators announced plans yesterday to identify suspected abusers of OxyContin and other narcotics by expanding and analyzing a database of prescriptions. (Full article: 830 words)

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