Junkies Have 14X Higher Mortality Rate Than The General Population
Saturday, February 8, 2014 - 07:40
in Health & Medicine
You don't need to show kids a frying egg in a pan to get the message across about drugs; just show them this statistic. Heroin and cocaine addicts in Spain have a fatality rate that is 14.3 times higher than for the general population, and that is among people seeking treatment. For those who never seek treatment, it is probably far worse. Even users of cocaine alone have a 5.1 times higher fatality rate. read more