Prescription Narcotics Among Canada's Deadliest Drugs, Studies Show

Published January 17, 2013

Prescription narcotics among Canada's deadliest drugs, studies show
One of the two new studies compared coroners' statistics on deaths related to use of four opioids in Ontario and B.C., and levels of consumption of the same drugs from 2005 to 2009. In Ontario, the number of fatalities linked to Fentanyl, a highly … Read more on National Post

Drug Overdose 3rd Leading Cause Of Injury-Related Death In LA County
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Statistics show that prescription drug abuse is such a problem in L.A. County that drug overdose is now the third leading cause of injury-related deaths. Of the 8,265 drug-related deaths between 2000 and 2009, approximately … Read more on CBS Local