http://www.activistpost.com/2013/11/shar...eaths.html
Quote:Drug poisoning is now the leading cause of injury death in the U.S. and has increased by more than 300 percent over the last three decades. Almost 90 percent of poisoning deaths can be attributed to illicit or licit drugs, with prescription drugs accounting for the majority of drug overdose deaths. A startling trend seen last decade; there were more prescription drug deaths than heroin, cocaine or crack cocaine.
Mayo clinical research found this summer that 70% of Americans are on prescription drugs with 20% of those taking multiple prescriptions. Prescription drug-related deaths have sharply risen in the past decade alone, even overtaking car accidents as leading causes of U.S. injury deaths.
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