Old_Gringo wrote:
And of course you can prove prescription drugs kill more people than illicit drugs.
And I haven't seen any of the five mentioned above, in the streets, as a gang, killing people.
If he can't prove it, here is an interesting link:
http://healthimpactnews.com/2011/prescription-drugs-now-kill-more-people-than-illegal-drugs/Cut and paste from that link:
"May 10, 2014
Prescription Drugs Now Kill More People than Illegal Drugs
Pills Spilling out Prescription Drugs Now Kill More People than Illegal Drugs
by Dr. Mercola
Pharmageddon is Upon Us
Death by medicine is a 21st-century epidemic, and Americas war on drugs is clearly directed at the wrong enemy!
Prescription drugs are now killing far more people than illegal drugs, and while most major causes of preventable deaths are declining, those from prescription drug use are increasing, an analysis of recently released data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by the Los Angeles Times revealed.
The Times analysis of 2009 death statistics, the most recent available, showed:
For the first time ever in the US, more people were killed by drugs than motor vehicle accidents
37,485 people died from drugs, a rate fueled by overdoses on prescription pain and anxiety medications, versus 36,284 from traffic accidents
Drug fatalities more than doubled among teens and young adults between 2000 and 2008, and more than tripled among people aged 50 to 69
Again, these drug-induced fatalities are not being driven by illegal street drugs; the analysis found that the most commonly abused prescription drugs like OxyContin, Vicodin, Xanax and Soma now cause more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined.
Pharmageddon is Upon Us
Two more older article:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/10/26/prescription-drugs-number-one-cause-preventable-death-in-us.aspxhttp://www.naturalnews.com/024765_drug_drugs_DEA.html