"A study released this week by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission showed that prescription drug deaths are three times that of deaths caused by illegal drugs.

Researchers examined 168, 900 autopsy reports and concluded that there has been an 80 percent increase in prescription drug related deaths over the last six years."

"The study found that 2,328 people died of opiate, or painkiller, overdoses. Another 743 died from over-consuming benzodiazepine, which include drugs like Valium and Xanax. Those numbers were compared to the 989 people who died of cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamine overdoses."

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