Forty percent of
these deaths involved a prescription opioid.
Nearly half of all opioid overdose
deaths involved a prescription drug.
Nearly half of
those deaths involved a prescription opioid.
Not exact matches
In 2011, 31 % of
prescription - opioid - related overdose
deaths involved these two kinds of drugs used together, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Over time, that decline may translate to a drop in overdose
deaths, since
prescription or illicit opioids were
involved in 66 % of all lethal overdoses in 2016, according to CDC data.
Overdoses
involving opioids killed more than 28,000 people in the nation in 2014, and more than half of those
deaths were from
prescription opioids.
In the last 15 years, the number of Americans receiving an opioid
prescription and the number of
deaths involving overdoses have roughly quadrupled, according to the CDC.
Due to nationwide safety campaigns and high - visibility law enforcement patrols, drunk driving has decreased in the U.S. And while this is great news to drivers in Florida as well as the rest of the country, it is important to point out that there is an increase in impaired driving
involving illegal and legal
prescription and over-the-counter drugs across the U.S.. From cold medicine to marijuana, driving under the influence of drugs is very dangerous and places all roadway users in danger of serious injury or
death.
Our Georgia medical negligence lawyers have seen many cases where medication errors
involving prescription or over-the-counter drugs cause serious injuries or wrongful
death to trusting patients.
The DWI attorneys are experienced in litigating every type of intoxication offense from complete refusals and breath test cases to blood cases that
involve alcohol, drugs,
prescription medication, and serious injury or
death.
Represented
prescription drug manufacturers in individual and mass tort actions
involving personal injury and wrongful
death claims.