‘Gray death’: Drug mix blamed for dozens of deaths, ‘like playing Russian roulette’

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‘Gray death’: Drug mix blamed for dozens of deaths, ‘like playing Russian roulette’

by WorldTribune Staff, May 5, 2017 The latest in the deadly drug mixing trend has been cited in dozens of overdose deaths in Alabama, Georgia and Ohio. Described as looking like a concrete mix, “Gray death” is a mixture of heroin, potent painkillers and elephant tranquilizers that are cut together to create a lethal combination, […]

20,000 Americans died last year from opioid drugs vs 16,899 in Vietnam, 1968

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20,000 Americans died last year from opioid drugs vs 16,899 in Vietnam, 1968

by WorldTribune Staff, December 14, 2016 More Americans died from illicit opioid overdoses in 2015 than did in the deadliest year of the Vietnam War, according to newly released statistics from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). According to the CDC, 12,990 American citizens died from heroin overdoses in 2015, a 23 percent increase from […]

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