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Methadone Deaths Rise in West Virginia and Nation
West Virginia led the nation in accidental methadone overdose deaths in 2003 with a rate four times the national average. The drug, increasingly used for pain, contributed to about 2,992 US deaths in 2003, most often with other substances. WV cases show many victims had little or no other drugs in their system. Some victims obtained methadone illegally or stole it, while others had been prescribed it for pain.
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Charleston
West Virginia
A Gazette-Mail
National Vital Statistics System
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
National Center For Health Statistics
Tyco/Mallinckrodt
Leavitt
Bruce Goldberger
Forensic Toxicology Laboratory
University of Florida
FDA
Goldberger