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Monday, September 19, 2011

U.S. Drug-Related Deaths Outnumber Traffic Fatalities

Drug-related deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the U.S., with the rise driven by an increase in prescription narcotic overdoses, The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.


Government data showed there were more deaths caused by drug use than there were motor vehicle fatalities in 2009. There were at least 37,485 drug-related fatalities that year, according to preliminary data compiled by


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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

good. Too many people in this world anyway

Anonymous said...

Those drugs the 'doctors' sell ya, yea, them ones...will kill ya and drain your bank account.