Drugs and crashes.

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In 16 states, drugs now kill more people than do auto crashes. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the drug-related death rate doubled from the late 1990s to 2006. Cocaine and heroin continue to be big killers, but most of the increase in deaths is attributed to prescription painkillers such as methadone, Oxycontin and Vicodin. About 90 percent of the drug fatalities are from overdoses...