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Rising Drug Overdose Deaths
Deaths from drug overdoses in the United States are on the rise – but why?
Philip Seymour Hoffman has become the latest celebrity to die from taking drugs. His premature death made headlines around the world - but what is less reported is the rising number of deaths from drug overdoses of both illegal and prescription drugs in the US – outstripping those of road traffic accidents and firearm deaths. The team takes a look at the numbers.
We hear from Dr. Len Paulozzi from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and Isabelle Giraudon from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.
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Mon 10 Feb 2014
03:50GMT
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