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Accidental drug-poisoning deaths on the rise
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Unintentional deaths due to
drug poisoning -- primarily with prescription drugs --
increased by 68 percent between 1999 and 2004, and is second
only to motor vehicle crashes as a cause of death from
unintentional injury in the US, investigators at the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention report.

 
 

 
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