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11/06/2015 / By Julie Wilson

Big Pharma pills and heroin responsible for more than half of drug overdoses

Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of injury and death in the United States, with prescription drugs and heroin being responsible for more than half of those deaths, according to statistics from the year 2013, the latest numbers made available by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Drug overdoses surpassed motor vehicle-related fatalities, with gun-related […]

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