Guns Safer than Prescription Drugs

[BeoBill]

DEA Releases New Drug Overdose Death Figures: Guns Safer than Prescription Drugs
http://wearechange.org/dea-releases...h-figures-guns-safer-than-prescription-drugs/

For all those concerned parents who think little Johnny is likely to get gunned down on the street would be better advised to keep tabs on their prescription painkillers, as Johnny is far more likely to die from popping those than from any gun in your house or in the hands of a school mate.

And, of course, one is almost three times as likely to die in an auto accident (death rate of 10.7 per 100,000) than as a result of a homicide.

Moreover, nothing listed here is even in the top ten of causes of death in the US. You’re much, much more likely to die from suicide, or “influenza and pneumonia”than anything listed above.

Full Disclosure: These are 2013 numbers.

 

[wjackcooper]

Seems to me the President's attention is misdirected.

Regards
Jack

 

[Vile Shadow]

Tell this to a certain racist editorial writer.

 

[wjackcooper]

Wide distribution has already started, any help is appreciated.

The president’s attention is misdirected.

http://www.dea.gov/divisions/hq/2015/hq110415.shtml


Regards
Jack

 

[kmb]

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_02.pdf

CDC has a pretty good database where you can get granular results.

 

[Minuteman]

Maybe they should limit 'high capacity' pill clips. Aka bottles.

Sarcasm.

 

[kmb]

Here is another stat using WISQARS.

I chose violent death, homicide, all relationships to suspect, all firearms, 2013, MD, all races, all ethnicity, all sex, and really default ALL for the remaining categories.

 

[Alea Jacta Est]

Don't confuse the issue with facts.

That serves no purpose at all.

 

[pcfixer]

Maybe they should limit 'high capacity' pill clips. Aka bottles.

Sarcasm.

Good one.

 

[ted76]

Here is another stat using WISQARS.

I chose violent death, homicide, all relationships to suspect, all firearms, 2013, MD, all races, all ethnicity, all sex, and really default ALL for the remaining categories.

So, if we had nuked Bodymore in 2012, we would have had only 22 homicides in the whole state in 2013 (257-235=22). http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/ma...imore-no-5-in-murder-rate-20141110-story.html

The western half of the state needs to secede.

 

[Anotherpyr]

Maybe they should limit 'high capacity' pill clips. Aka bottles.

Sarcasm.

Don't Laugh, they might just do that. They already limit Sudafed amounts and some prescription medications aren't available in 90 day quantities.

 

[Alea Jacta Est]

Crystal precursor...

 

[Pinecone]

Don't Laugh, they might just do that. They already limit Sudafed amounts and some prescription medications aren't available in 90 day quantities.

Crystal precursor...

This.

Limited due to people buying them to make meth.

And controlled drugs have always been limited to a max of 30 day supply.

 

[Pablopac]

1. Drugs have always been a higher death count than guns of any type, as have cars.
2. As of Aug 2015 the most common cause of death in the 18-24 year old age group is now drug OD. It now surpasses auto accidents.
3. If medical errors and Drug OD are added together, they were #4 as of 4 years ago. Given the fact that drug OD is now #1, I suspect the total remains #1.
4. You are safer hunting, shooting or carrying than you are sick, getting medical advice or being hospitalized.
5. I had to do some presentations and research on this for work (Emergency Medicine). So the final tidbit is that most of the significant medical errors are in July and August, when the med schools and residency programs start seeing patients!

Stay well, Stay armed, Stay OUT!

 

[teratos]

1. Drugs have always been a higher death count than guns of any type, as have cars. 2. As of Aug 2015 the most common cause of death in the 18-24 year old age group is now drug OD. It now surpasses auto accidents. 3. If medical errors and Drug OD are added together, they were #4 as of 4 years ago. Given the fact that drug OD is now #1, I suspect the total remains #1. 4. You are safer hunting, shooting or carrying than you are sick, getting medical advice or being hospitalized. 5. I had to do some presentations and research on this for work (Emergency Medicine). So the final tidbit is that most of the significant medical errors are in July and August, when the med schools and residency programs start seeing patients! Stay well, Stay armed, Stay OUT!

Drug OD's are due to human error. Often on the part of the patient. In the 18-24 year old group, these are not kids who didn't show up to church because they took bad antibiotics.

Saying you are safer hunting than you are getting medical advice or being hospitalized is a little misleading. People going hunting are healthy, in general. Sick people and hospitalized people often have life threatening issues.

In 17 years of being a physician, I have only seen 1 death due to medical error. 1.

 

[Jim12]

So, for every 1 homicide with a gun, there are 3 drug overdose deaths, right?

And then "they" keep saying that after billions of dollars and countless lives wasted in prosecutions, we've lost the war on drugs, so we should decriminalize them. But re-direct society to focus on guns.

And "they" say we're paranoid about them wanting to take away our guns?

 

[Pinecone]

In 17 years of being a physician, I have only seen 1 death due to medical error. 1.

Technically I died due to medical error. But it didn't stick.

 

[Pablopac]

Yea, my comment was a bit tongue in cheek. But I am sure you are aware of the stats. pablopac