Americans Overdose on Prescription Drugs More Than Heroin and Cocaine Combined
Americans Overdose on Prescription Drugs More Than Heroin and Cocaine Combined – The Drug Enforcement Agency recently wrapped up part of its largest-ever prescription drug trafficking investigation. In the same week, the agency finished its biggest heroin bust ever in the state of New York. Both kinds of drugs have killed more and more people in the United States each year for most of the 21st century.
Overdoses as a result of heroin and prescription drug use have risen for years now, though prescription drugs remain the larger threat. More people in the US overdosed on prescription drugs than their non-prescription counterparts in 2013, the latest year for which government data is available.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), of the 43,982 overdose deaths in 2013, nearly 52% were due to prescription drugs.
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