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Drug overdoses top AIDS as main cause of homeless deaths

BOSTON (Reuters) - Overdoses of drugs, particularly prescription pain-killers and heroin, have overtaken AIDS to become the leading cause of death of homeless adults, according to a study of homeless residents of Boston released on Monday.

By Scott Malone

January 14, 2013

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