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Albany, NY – Berkshire County District Attorney David Capeless says the opioid class of drugs, which includes products like oxycodone, methadone and morphine, has become particularly insidious. Between 2000 and 2009 there were more than 160 overdose deaths in Berkshire County. Two thirds of those deaths involved prescription drugs, and of those, 67 involved opioids. More deaths were caused by prescription drugs than by heroin or cocaine. It's the focus of this edition of Vox Pop, with WAMC's Alan Chartock