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    Report: Americans Are Now More Likely To Die Of An Opioid Overdose Than On The Road

    Americans now have a 1 in 96 chance of dying from an opioid overdose, according to new analysis from the National Safety Council.
    by Ian Stewart Jan 14, 2019 2 minutes
    Used syringes are discarded at a needle exchange clinic in Vermont in 2014. Americans' odds of dying from an opioid overdose have risen in recent years.

    For the first time in U.S. history, a leading cause of deaths, vehicle crashes, has been surpassed in likelihood by opioid overdoses, according to a new report on preventable deaths from the National Safety Council.

    Americans now have a 1 in 96 chance of dying from an opioid overdose, according to the council's analysis of 2017 data on accidental death. The

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