Overdose deaths on the rise, CDC says - Topix

Prescriptions -- especially for pain-killers -- and direct marketing are blamed. Many people don't realize the dangers, experts say. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, unintentional poisoning deaths -- 95% of which are drug overdoses -- increased from 12,186 in 1999 to 20,950 in 2004.

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