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Prescription Drugs Kill 300 Percent More Americans than Illegal DrugsQuicklink Submitted By Amanda Lang 2 comments
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| A report by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission has concluded that prescription drugs have outstripped illegal drugs as a cause of death. An analysis of 168,900 autopsies conducted in FL in 2007 found that three times as many people were killed by legal drugs as by cocaine, heroin and all methamphetamines put together. |
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