Report shows treatment admissions for use of prescription pain relievers have risen 430 percent from 1999-2009

A new report shows that while the overall rate of substance use treatment admissions among those aged 12 and older in the U.S. has remained nearly the same from 1999 to 2009, there has been a dramatic rise (430 percent) in the rate of treatment admissions for the use of prescription pain relievers during this period.