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U.S. vehicle deaths topped 40,000 in 2017, National Safety Council estimates
Opioid Pain Reliever legal Prescriptions not including Illegal Fentynal 19,354 deaths including suicides.
And why are we spending billions on a supposed "Opioid" Crisis when the real crisis is automobiles causing twice as many deaths?
Spit it out!!! What is the real deal here? Unless you are into torturing the elderly and disabled.. eh Q?
National Overdose Deaths—Number of Deaths Involving Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers (excluding non-methadone synthetics). The figure above is a bar chart showing the total number of U.S. overdose deaths involving opioid pain relievers (excluding non-methadone synthetics) from 2002 to 2016. Non-methadone synthetics is a category dominated by illicit fentanyl, and has been excluded to more accurately reflect deaths from prescription opioids. The chart is overlayed by a line graph showing the number of deaths of females and males. From 2002 to 2011 there was a 1.9-fold increase in the total number of deaths, but it has remained relatively stable since then.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/02/15/national-safety-council-traffic-deaths/340012002/
https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates