Drugs kill more Americans than guns.

PositionOverdoses

Firearm assaults killed nearly 11,000 U.S. citizens last year, while drug-induced causes claimed more than 49,700 lives, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. In addition, gunshots caused over 81,000 nonfatal injuries that same year, while overdoses and other poisonings were responsible for nearly 1,500,000 injuries.

In total, firearms caused 33,599 deaths; among them were 21,334 suicides, 10,945 homicides, 586 unintentional shootings, and 464 deaths due to legal intervention. The 49,714 drug-induced mortalities include deaths due to overdoses as well as medical conditions caused by drug use. The majority of those drug-related deaths--47.055 of them--were from overdoses, including 18,893 opioid analgesic deaths and 10,574 heroin deaths.

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