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(CNN) -- It's the biggest man-made epidemic in the United States. That's how a doctor in Washington state described it to me as we sat outside the state Capitol in Olympia.
He was talking about accidental death from prescription drug overdoses. The doctor, Gary Franklin, medical director for Washington state's Department of Labor and Industries, recounted terrifying case after case and told me it was the saddest thing he had ever seen.
I remember him telling me about a teenager dying because he had taken too much narcotic medication after a dental procedure. READ MORE (video)... Prescription drug deaths: Two stories
Edie Sedgwick was a legendary socialite, heiress, model and actress born in Santa Barbara, California. Sedgwick is buried next to her mom in Santa Barbara County's Santa Ynez Valley, near the Neverland Ranch of Michael Jackson.... cause of her death "acute barbiturate intoxication."
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