Calling it "an important first step in attempting to reverse an escalating public health menace caused by diversion of prescription opioid pain medications," the American Pain Society today announced its support for a new FDA initiative to encourage consumers to remove unused pain drugs from home medicine cabinets. "Death from prescription drug overdose is fast becoming the most common accidental cause of death throughout the United States and results in many thousands of needless deaths each year," said APS President Charles E... 
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