DEADLY DRUG AFFAIR: DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS ON THE RISE AMONG MIDDLE-AGED AMERICAN WOMEN…THE PRESCRIPTION THAT TURNED INTO DEADLY ADDICTION

Drug overdose deaths spike among middle aged women… and they’re mostly using prescription pills

• By 2010, 40% of overdose deaths in the U.S. were women – a fivefold increase from 1999
• The greatest increases in drug overdose deaths were in women ages 45 through 64