Drug Deaths Soar Past Traffic Fatalities

For the first time since the government started tracking drug-related deaths in 1979, narcotics have topped traffic fatalities—37,485 for drugs vs. 36,284 for accidents in 2009 (the most recent year available), reports the LA Times . But the big culprit isn’t street drugs: it’s prescription pills like Xanax,…

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Drug Deaths Soar Past Traffic Fatalities

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