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by keevie 3303 days ago
Just as dangerous as terrorists? According to this https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm655051e1.htm, in 2014 alone, there were 28,647 deaths from opioids in the US.

In the last /decade/, it depends on how you do the math, but it was less than 100 people. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/oct/...

edit: I see I was beaten to the punch here.