New study calculates alarming lifetime risk of death from firearms and drug overdoses in the United States

A new study calculates the lifetime risk of death from firearms and drug overdoses in the United States. The lifetime risk of death from firearms is about one percent, and the lifetime risk of death from drug overdoses is 1.5 percent, according to the study.

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