Alcohol Involvement in Opioid Pain Reliever and Benzodiazepine Drug Abuse–Related Emergency Department Visits and Drug-Related Deaths — United States, 2010
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6340a1.htm?s_cid=mm6340a1_e
From the article:
The abuse of prescription drugs has led to a significant increase in emergency department (ED) visits and drug-related deaths over the past decade. Opioid pain relievers (OPRs) and benzodiazepines are the prescription drugs most commonly involved in these events (1,2). Excessive alcohol consumption also accounts for a significant health burden and is common among groups that report high rates of prescription drug abuse (1,3,4)
Imagine that… people who abuse controlled meds… ALSO abuse alcohol … a little fact that seems to be left out of published stats… about ER visits caused by substance abuse… ALCOHOL is consider a DRUG.. just not a controlled drug or a opiate.. I know that must have been a oversight by those issuing press releases supporting the war on drugs.
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But Always overlooked when reporting a death when someone has taken opiates ever notice that, its never really considered as the main contributing factor! Its always the accidental overdose. IMO. cant tell you when I worked retail how many calls I got ,,, its my 21st birthday, im taking vicoden for a broken whatever and my firends had plans to take me out to the bars….can I drink…OF COURSE NOT…Well what if I did it anyway…WELL WHY DID YOU CALL ME KNOWING THE ANSWER I WOULD GIVE YOU!!!!!****FACEPALM***