U.S: Drug poisoning deaths have tripled in the last 30 years

Drug poisoning deaths have tripled throughout the country in the last 30 years, with a particular spike in the last decade, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Tuesday. Since the late 1990s, the percentage of counties with drug poisoning death rates of more than 10 in 100,000 jumped from 3 percent in 1999 to 54 percent in 2009, the researchers found. But drug poisoning deaths have increased just about everywhere.
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