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- U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, 2007 http://www.justice.gov/dea/concern/prescription_drug_fact_sheet.html
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2006
- Office of National Drug Control Policy, Prescription for Danger, January 2008;
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2007
- Office of National Drug Control Policy, Teens and Prescription Drugs, February 2007;
- National Institute on Drug Abuse, Prescription Drug: Abuse and Addiction, http://www.drugabuse.gov/drugpages/prescription.html;
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