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Cynthia Reilly

As director of Pew's prescription drug abuse project, Reilly works on federal and state initiatives to reduce the health and economic consequences of prescription drug abuse.

Rethinking the Use of Methadone as a Preferred Treatment for Pain

By: - November 5, 2015

© Getty Images Director of National Drug Control Policy Michael Botticelli takes part in a discussion on drug abuse at the East End Family Resource Center on October 21, 2015 in Charleston, West Virginia. Cynthia Reilly directs Pew’s prescription drug abuse project.  More than 16,000 Americans die each year from prescription opioid overdoses, with a […]