How are speed limits and licensing requirements working? It&#x27;s illegal to speed and illegal to drive without a license, yet there are tens of thousands of traffic deaths every year. How is gun control working? It&#x27;s illegal to own high-powered weapons, but there are tens of thousands of gun-related murders each year. Does that mean we should get rid of traffic laws and gun control laws?<p>And while prescription drug abuse constitutes about half of overdose deaths,[1] that leaves over 20,000 deaths a year from non-prescription drugs, and many of those deaths from prescription drugs would not have happened if those drugs were used as prescribed.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;drugoverdose&#x2F;data&#x2F;overdose.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;drugoverdose&#x2F;data&#x2F;overdose.html</a>.