CDC: Painkillers Kill Four Times More than Cocaine and Heroin Combined
A powerful report spanning 10 years from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed that painkillers are actually responsible for a whopping four times as many deaths as both heroin and cocaine combined.
The admission coincides with the initial report I told you about back in 2011, in which it was exposed that painkillers were killing around 15,000 per year back in
2008 (still more than cocaine and heroin combined). But now, we’re not
just looking at a single year of data. Instead, we’re looking through an
entire decade of statistics that paint a picture of just how deadly our
‘legal’ drug industry is — and it turns out it’s even more deadly than
the illegal drug trade.
Even more deadly than two of the most hardcore drugs that money can buy… or at least two of the most hardcore illegal drugs that money can buy.
While the previous report documented in 2011 found that 12 million were actually on prescription painkillers purely for the high it gives, the new CDC papers found that there was a massive 415% rise in the overall rate of fatal painkiller overdoses from 1999 to 2010. We’re talking about a higher fatality rate than those who are dosing up on heroin and cocaine. Specifically, the rate of painkiller fatality deaths is about four times higher overall than cocaine and heroin combined.
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Anna Nicole died from an overdose
More people have died after taking tranquilliser and painkillers than class A drug heroin [GETTY]
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The admission coincides with the initial report I told you about back in 2011, in which it was exposed that painkillers were killing around 15,000 per year back in
2008 (still more than cocaine and heroin combined). But now, we’re not
just looking at a single year of data. Instead, we’re looking through an
entire decade of statistics that paint a picture of just how deadly our
‘legal’ drug industry is — and it turns out it’s even more deadly than
the illegal drug trade.Even more deadly than two of the most hardcore drugs that money can buy… or at least two of the most hardcore illegal drugs that money can buy.
While the previous report documented in 2011 found that 12 million were actually on prescription painkillers purely for the high it gives, the new CDC papers found that there was a massive 415% rise in the overall rate of fatal painkiller overdoses from 1999 to 2010. We’re talking about a higher fatality rate than those who are dosing up on heroin and cocaine. Specifically, the rate of painkiller fatality deaths is about four times higher overall than cocaine and heroin combined.
Read More Here
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Express.co.uk
More Britons killed by painkillers than heroin and cocaine
BRITAIN is becoming a nation of prescription drug addicts with painkillers killing more people than cocaine and heroin.
Published: Mon, September 9, 2013
Anna Nicole died from an overdose
Nearly 1.5 million patients are hooked on benzodiazepine tranquillisers, it is believed.
And
new figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed that last
year 807 people died after taking tranquillisers and painkillers,
compared with 718 who fell victim to heroin and cocaine.
Cathryn Kemp, author of Painkiller Addict: From Wreckage To Redemption, said: “We are a medicated nation.”
More people have died after taking tranquilliser and painkillers than class A drug heroin [GETTY] Nearly 1.5 million patients are hooked on benzodiazepine tranquillisers
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