Blame prescription drugs for drug-related deaths doubling over decade
(NEWSER) - 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, OxyContin, and especially Vicodin, which kill more people than cocaine and heroin combined. "The problem is right here under our noses in our medicine cabinets," says a Santa Barbara sheriff. More»
