https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/more-people-died-from-drug-overdoses-in-2017-than-guns-murders-or-car-accidents

More people died from drug overdoses in 2017 than guns, murders, or car accidents

More than 72,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2017, according to the NIH — about 200 per day. That number is more than four times the number who died in 1999 from drug abuse: 16,849.

The DEA attributed last year's uptick in deaths to a spike in opioid-related fatalities. The agency said 49,060 people died as a result of abusing opioids, up from 42,249 in 2016.

In 2017, 40,100 people died in vehicle incidents; 15,549 were fatally shot, not including suicide; 17,284 were homicide victims, though an unspecified portion of this number includes gunshot victims; and nearly 45,000 committed suicide.




2017: More people died from drug overdoses in 2017 than guns, murders, or car accidents
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/more-people-died-from-drug-overdoses-in-2017-than-guns-murders-or-car-accidents