GovBeat: Drug Overdoses Kill More People Than Auto Accidents in 29 States

Published October 9, 2013

GovBeat: Drug overdoses kill more people than auto accidents in 29 states
Drug overdoses kill more Americans than motor vehicles in 29 states, despite new laws aimed at curbing abuse. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Study says prescription drug deaths in Iowa up from '99
The number of Iowans who die each year from drug overdoses more than quadrupled from 1999 to 2010, largely because of an increase in prescription drug abuse, according to a study released this week. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Prescription drug deaths increase in Mo.
A report card issued for both Kansas and Missouri shows where the two states stand on the issue of deaths related to prescription drug abuse and both are very different. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Report: Arizona sixth-highest for drug deaths; overdoses topped car fatalities
More people in Arizona died from drug overdoses than from car accidents in 2010, according to a report Monday that said the state had the sixth-highest overdose rate in the nation that year. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results