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A bottle of prescription painkillers. The opioid epidemic continues to swell, taking an average of 78 American lives each day, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Photo courtesy Paul Orr/Shutterstock.com.

A bottle of prescription painkillers. The opioid epidemic continues to swell, taking an average of 78 American lives each day, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Photo courtesy Paul Orr/Shutterstock.com.