Involvement of prescription opioids in fatal car crashes climbs sevenfold

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) The percentage of fatally injured drivers who tested positive for prescription opioids rose sevenfold from 1 percent in 1995 to over 7 percent in 2015, according to a new study at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

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