107.9 The River » accidental death http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Wed, 22 May 2013 13:02:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Prescription Painkillers Emerge As the Leading Cause of Accidental Death http://theriver1079.com/prescription-painkillers-emerge-as-the-leading-cause-of-accidental-death/ http://theriver1079.com/prescription-painkillers-emerge-as-the-leading-cause-of-accidental-death/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:00:10 +0000 Don Deane http://tsminteractive.com/?p=113220 For years, car accidents have been the leading cause of accidental death. But that all changed four years ago when, for the first time, vehicle-related deaths were topped by poisoning due to prescription painkillers like OxyContin and Vicodin.

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