09/08/2009
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"The economic costs of addiction are enormous--totaling more than $80 billion in 2013 from increased health care costs, higher rates of incarceration, and lost productivity."
"Addiction to heroin and prescription opioid pain relievers is a public health epidemic that is devastating families and communities across the country."
"Over-prescription is partially responsible for the epidemic."
"For years, without adequate treatment resources, communities in New Mexico have suffered through some of the highest rates of opioid and heroin addiction and overdose deaths in the Nation."