&gt; Drug overdose kills more people in the U.S. than car accidents [...]<p>&gt; But the politicians supporting drug control are the bad guys.<p>How&#x27;s that drug war working?  Drugs are <i>very</i> illegal, yet there are many people dying from overdose. The US imprisons <i>millions</i> of people, yet drugs are still easily available and very cheap.<p>Also, the article you link talks about prescription drug deaths - many of these are legally prescribed, legally owned, not being abused, meds that the owner accidentally overdoses on.<p>&quot;There has been a dramatic increase in use of prescription drugs as physicians have become more liberal in prescribing them,&quot; said Paulozzi, adding that the bulk of drug-related deaths stems from accidental opioid painkiller overdoses. &quot;