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Florida has a problem and it is evidenced by the numbers. In 2009, 1,185 people in the state died from ocycodone use; 39 deaths occurred within Volusia County; 13 deaths were claimed by Flagler County.
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Florida has long been known as a sunny tourist destination, but in recent years it has also become known for something else: pill mills. A pill mill is usually a pain management clinic that makes it all to easy for people to seek prescriptions for powerful opiate pain medication. Many of these people are already addicted, or become addicted, to the drugs the clinics hand out like candy.
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As the prescription drug addiction epidemic continues to rise, so does the number of people seeking help for these addictions throughout the United States. A recent report highlights the skyrocketing number of new pain clinics in South Florida that have allowed prescription drug trafficking to go unchecked. As a result, many new prescription drug pill addicts have been created.
