The Centers for Disease Control reports that the top 10 states for prescription opiate and opioid use are in the South, as can be seen from the map below. Georgia is surrounded by the highest density of prescription opiates and opiods in the nation.

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New Medical Detox Center in Alpharetta Sunrise Detox has opened a new state-of-the-art medical detox center in Alpharetta, Georgia, to bring the successful "Detox with Dignity" program to Atlanta and nearby regions. A medical detox is the first step of prescription pain pill addiction treatment. Sunrise has already treated over 30,000 people in Florida and New Jersey, using the Detox with Dignity protocols.

Over 100 Prescriptions per 100 People! The Top 10 states are all RED. In most of those states, doctors have written more prescriptions for opiates and opioids than there are residents! Numbers in excess of 100 per 100, such as the 143 prescriptions per hundred people in Tennessee, are the highest in the nation, and may be signal of serious future problems with these addictive opioid medicines.