Prescription deaths: Legal drugs, deadly outcomes

Monday, November 12, 2012 - 00:30 in Health & Medicine

Prescription overdoses kill more people than heroin and cocaine. A review of coroners' records found that drugs prescribed by 71 doctors caused or contributed to a disproportionate number of deaths. Prescription overdoses kill more people than heroin and cocaine. A review of coroners' records found that drugs prescribed by 71 doctors caused or contributed to a disproportionate number of deaths.

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