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Not quite true. More auto accident deaths than opioid overdose deaths. From your own link: "According to the Center for Disease Control, in 2015 52,404 people
by blintz 9y ago
Not quite true. More auto accident deaths than opioid overdose deaths.
From your own link:
"According to the Center for Disease Control, in 2015 52,404 people died from drug overdoses in the United States. 33,091 of those deaths involved opioids. In comparison, 35,092 people died in auto accidents in 2015 (Department of Transportation), and 12,195 people died from non-suicide firearm-related injuries in 2014 (CDC, 2015 data not yet available)."