tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868411920004717596.post1119456737553598821..comments2024-03-21T02:46:31.260-04:00Comments on The Mountain Eagle: Heroin a Growing ProblemUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868411920004717596.post-27221342764512626272013-10-08T14:59:14.710-04:002013-10-08T14:59:14.710-04:00The war on drugs is nearly 100-years old and faili...The war on drugs is nearly 100-years old and failing.<br /><br />"Deaths involving prescription pills have quadrupled between 1999 and 2010, according to a report released Monday by Trust for America’s Health, a nonprofit organization in Washington that studies health policy. About 6.1 million people abuse prescription pills, and overdose deaths have at least doubled in 29 states, where they now exceed vehicle-related deaths. In 10 of those states, rates tripled; in four of them, they quadrupled."<br /><br />Source: Raw Story - Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin and cocaine combined - http://tinyurl.com/kyjmtuvAdministratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507616079674205077noreply@blogger.com