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Bluelight Crew
The number of drug-related deaths in Florida rose slightly last year, but authorities saw a drop in the number of deaths caused by prescription drugs, according to findings released Wednesday.
However, the number of deaths blamed on cocaine, heroin and the powerful cancer pain medication Fentanyl all went up.
In Miami-Dade County, the number of accidental deaths caused by prescription drugs went up 14 percent, from 71 to 83. In Broward, the deaths declined but remained high, dropping from 198 to 165.
The figures were part a report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement built on information from every medical examiner in the state. It detailed the number and types of drugs found in people who died in Florida last year.
Overall, alcohol continued to be the most popular substance found in drug-related deaths, the report said. Prescriptions drugs continued to cause more deaths than illegal drugs.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/24/3066009/number-of-oxycodone-deaths-drops.html#storylink=cpy
However, the number of deaths blamed on cocaine, heroin and the powerful cancer pain medication Fentanyl all went up.
In Miami-Dade County, the number of accidental deaths caused by prescription drugs went up 14 percent, from 71 to 83. In Broward, the deaths declined but remained high, dropping from 198 to 165.
The figures were part a report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement built on information from every medical examiner in the state. It detailed the number and types of drugs found in people who died in Florida last year.
Overall, alcohol continued to be the most popular substance found in drug-related deaths, the report said. Prescriptions drugs continued to cause more deaths than illegal drugs.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/24/3066009/number-of-oxycodone-deaths-drops.html#storylink=cpy
