Poisoning Is Now the Leading Cause of Death From Injuries in the United States

Poisoning is now the leading cause of death from injuries in the United States

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

A 2008 study revealed misuse and abuse of pharmaceutical drugs, used to treat injuries are continuously on the rise. In 1980, traffic accidents outnumbered deaths 5 to 1 in comparison to drug poisoning. However, those two statistics now compete side by …
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ASA: Illicit Drug Abuse Down, Prescription Drug Abuse Up

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The researchers found that, for all metropolitan areas except the Phoenix region, illicit drug abuse was consistently higher in 2007. For all regions, there was a decreasing trend in illicit drug use in 2008 and 2009. The percentage of EDMs for illicit …
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Drug Addiction Motivates Crime In Whiteside County

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The prosecution plans to show drug addiction and lack of money to buy drugs as a motive for Sheley to murder Russell Reed, back in 2008. The Whiteside County Sheriff tells us there are approximately 120 inmates in county jail right now. Roughly 20 of …
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Britney Spears accused of drug addiction

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According to her manager's claims, the singer's famous head-shaving and car-smashing antics were a result of her drug addiction. He also claimed that the singer was hooked on prescription drugs, downing up to 30 a day, which led to her meltdown in 2007.
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Acetaminophen Overdose And Liver Injury — Background And …
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Safety in the home is more important now than ever. Preventable injuries and deaths are on the rise in become the nation’s second-leading cause of unintentional death, poisoning is the fastest-rising cause of accidental death in the United States. Unintentional Poisoning From Overdoses … Doc Retrieval

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Deaths from fires and burns are the third leading cause of fatal injuries at home, cause of lung cancer in the United States, and every year, hundreds of Americans die from unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning. Now that you know the risks, … Read Content

At Double Risk: Not Only Is It Physically Impossible For The …
The leading killer of children in the United States is injury. In a single year, 10,000 Motor-Vehicle Injuries . The second leading cause of death for small children is automobile crashes. Although laws requiring seat-belt use are now in force in all 50 states, … Read Full Source

“As We Conquer The Mountain Of Preventable Diseases, We Can …
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