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(KSL News) When it comes to drug overdoses, more Utahns are dying from prescription drugs than from drugs that are illegal.
In 2005, taking drugs like Lortab, Oxycontin and the Fentanyl patch killed more Utahns than taking illicit drugs.
And most of the overdoses were accidents--- less than 30 percent of the deaths were suicide or murder.
The average age of an overdose victim last year was 40 years old.
