S.O.T.T: UK doctors have come under fire after new figures showed more patients died from overdosing on prescription drugs than heroin and cocaine abuse in 2012. The recent report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) says the deaths from abuse of strong painkillers and tranquillizers had an increasing rate compared to the falling mortality numbers of people dying from abuse of opiate-based drugs. According to ONS, 807 people died from fatal overdose of prescription drugs last year, a rise of 16 per cent in five years, compared with 718 who fell victim to heroin and cocaine abuse. Experts say British doctors have failed to warn patients of the addictive effects of some painkillers and tranquilizers
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