TY  - JOUR
T1  - SCientists, officials eye tools aimed at combating abuse of painkillers
AU  - Kuehn BM
Y1  - 2012/01/04
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2011.1900
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 19
EP  - 21
VL  - 307
IS  - 1
N2  - 
About 1.2 million emergency department visits in 2009 were related to misuse or abuse of pharmaceuticals, primarily opioid narcotics. That is a 98.4% increase in such events since 2004, noted a CDC report released in November (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011;60[43]:1487-1492). Such prescription drug–related emergency department visits now outnumber those involving illicit drugs like heroin and cocaine.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1900
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1900
ER  -