Annual Causes of Death in the United States | Drug War Facts - The Diigo Meta page

• 02 Apr 12
  

  Robin Poirier

  • "In 2009, 1.2 million emergency department (ED) visits (an increase of 98.4% since 2004) were related to misuse or abuse of pharmaceuticals, compared with 1.0 million ED visits related to use of illicit drugs such as heroin and cocaine (3)."

     

    Source: 

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers — United States, 1999–2008," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Atlanta, GA: 2011), Vol. 60, No. 43, p. 1487.
     http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm6043.pdf
• 11 Feb 12
  

  Shannon Reed

  Drug Facts

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• 19 Jan 12
  

  aligre
• 19 Oct 11
  

  ryan warner

  Nearly all medicines have toxic, potentially lethal effects. But marijuana is not such a substance. There is no record in the extensive medical literature describing a proven, documented cannabis-induced fatality.

• 03 Apr 11
  

  Dan Perry

  death causes

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  Áine MacDermot

  Prescription drugs account for almost 2x more deaths in the US than *all illicit drugs combined.* http://bit.ly/fw3GCS

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• 03 Mar 11
  

  Kevin Chew
• 27 Jan 11
  

  austin chapman

  Tobacco 435,0001
  Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity 365,0001
  Alcohol 85,000 1
  Microbial Agents 75,0001
  Toxic Agents 55,0001
  Motor Vehicle Crashes 26,3471
  Adverse Reactions to Prescription Drugs 32,0002
  Suicide 30,6223
  Incidents Involving Firearms 29,0001
  Homicide 20,3084
  Sexual Behaviors 20,0001
  All Illicit Drug Use, Direct and Indirect 17,0001, 5
  Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Such As Aspirin 7,6006
  Marijuana

  • Tobacco 435,000¹  Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity 365,000¹  Alcohol 85,000 ¹  Microbial Agents 75,000¹  Toxic Agents 55,000¹  Motor Vehicle Crashes 26,347¹  Adverse Reactions to Prescription Drugs 32,000²  Suicide 30,622³  Incidents Involving Firearms 29,000¹  Homicide 20,308⁴  Sexual Behaviors 20,000¹  All Illicit Drug Use, Direct and Indirect 17,000^{1, 5}  Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Such As Aspirin 7,600⁶  Marijuana 0⁷
• 01 May 09
  

  manolitovaldes pizzini

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