Pretoria Time
If you're a woman between 45 and 64 years of age, you'll be shocked to hear this stat. Between 1999 and 2005, the rate of poisoning deaths rose by 230 percent for this demographic. Poisoning?
Look to the medicine cabinet for answers. Dr. Susan P. Baker, the co-author of a recent study released by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy indicates the increase in poisoning is primarily due to the abuse of prescription drugs. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that prescription drugs have taken the lead in fatal drug overdoses, leaving illegal drugs in second place.
While most individuals take prescriptions for the purpose intended, approximately 20 percent of Americans say they've taken prescribed drugs for nonmedical reasons. Many take meds that weren't prescribed for them, but instead came from well-intended friends or family.
Look to the medicine cabinet for answers. Dr. Susan P. Baker, the co-author of a recent study released by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy indicates the increase in poisoning is primarily due to the abuse of prescription drugs. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that prescription drugs have taken the lead in fatal drug overdoses, leaving illegal drugs in second place.
While most individuals take prescriptions for the purpose intended, approximately 20 percent of Americans say they've taken prescribed drugs for nonmedical reasons. Many take meds that weren't prescribed for them, but instead came from well-intended friends or family.
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