Poisoning is #1 Accident in Massachusetts

This Forbes.com article credits Massachusetts with an interesting distinction -- in the state, poisoning has eclipsed car crashes as the number one cause of accidental death. According to the article, America's Accident Capitals...

"In the past five years, more people have died in the U.S. from accidental poisoning than any other form of unintentional death except for motor vehicle accidents.... In Massachusetts, poisoning replaced motor vehicle accidents as the No. 1 cause of unintentional death in 2005. Ditto for Washington, D.C."

The article names prescription drugs as the culprit especially prescription drugs quoting a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study...

"The combined evidence seems to indicate that the increase in poisoning mortality is primarily among adults (ages 20 to 64) of both sexes, and is mainly attributable to abuse of opioid analgesics."

See the article for more details.