Prescription Drug Overdoses In LA Growing Public Health Concern: Report

Huffington Post: Los Angeles

Prescription drug overdoses account for thousands of Los Angeles emergency room visits, according the LA County Department of Public Health. In 2009, there were 5,382 emergency room visits and 3,048 hospitalizations for prescription drug overdose, according to a report released by the department Monday. "This is a very serious problem," Dr. Jonathan Fielding, director of the department, told The Huffington Post. "It's reached the level that it is purely a broad public health concern."

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