Quote from Miami Herald: "Statewide, investigators are trying to determine who's illegally using, distributing and writing prescriptions, which are implicated in the overdose deaths of five Floridians a day."
They forgot to mention what causes these overdoses:
"The American Association of Poison Control Centers shows the following statistics for reported acetaminophen poisonings in 2001:
Total reported exposures: 57,516
Reported exposures, under the age of 19: 40,774
Unintentional overdoses: 35,705
Intentional overdoses: 20,002
Total treated for the exposure: 24,934
Impact on health from the incident: none, 15,029; minor, 6,223; moderate, 3,138; major, 829; fatal: 120"
And they forgot to list comparison statistics for Florida, such as how many people die per day from cancer, from auto accidents, from work accidents, from diabetes, from crime, from alcohol, from too much bad food, from food poisoning, from drowning, from fires, from hurricanes, from tornados, die as cause of natural death - but that's how these reporters are, always shock the reader by focusing on one thing only.
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