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June 24, 2016

Seven-day painkiller prescription limit spurred by addiction crisis

OLEAN — Jeff Brook of Prizel’s Pharmacy has been a pharmacist for 34 years. He’s seen the number of patients walking in with opioid prescriptions increase during that time.

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