Unfortunately, facts are not a part of that little "sound-bite" type baloney:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr56/nvsr56_10.pdf
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In 2005, a total of 33,541 persons died of drug-induced causes in the United States (Tables 21 and 22). The category ‘‘drug-induced causes’’ includes not only deaths from dependent and nondependent use of either legal or illegal drugs, but also includes poisoning from medically prescribed and other drugs."
Unintentional deaths (118K all injury) can be found in Table 18 and include:
All injury ....................... 173,753
Unintentional.................117,809
Suicide............................32,637
Homicide........................ 18,124
Undetermined........................4,742
Legal intervention/war .................... 441
Cut/pierce .....................2,795
Unintentional............................ 90
Suicide...................................... 590
Homicide..................................... 2,097
Undetermined.................................. 18
Legalintervention/war ............................
Drowning............................ 4,248
Unintentional................................3,582
Suicide...................................... 375
Homicide.....................................49
Undetermined..................................242
Fall............................... 20,426
Unintentional................................19,65 6
Suicide...................................... 683
Homicide....................................18
Undetermined..................................69
Fire/hot object or substance .........3,736
Unintentional................................ 3,299
Suicide...................................160
Homicide..............................157
Undetermined..............................120
Legalintervention/war ............................
Fire/flame...........................3,626
Unintentional................................3,197
Suicide.....................................160
Homicide....................................149
Undetermined.................................120
Hot object/substance ....................110
Unintentional................................ 102
Suicide.....................................
Homicide.....................................8
Undetermined..................................
Firearm............30,694
Unintentional................................789
Suicide...................................17,002
Homicide..............................12,352
Undetermined..............................221
Legalintervention/war ...........................330
Machinery..............................755
All transport ..................47,894
Unintentional...............................47,717
Suicide.....................................113
Homicide.................................38
Undetermined...............................26
Legalintervention/war ............................
Motor vehicle traffic . .43,667
Occupant ..................19,125
Motorcyclist .................4,296
Pedal cyclist ...................700
Pedestrian ...................4,917
Other .............................12
Unspecified.............................14,617
Pedal cyclist, other ......227
Pedestrian, other ............1,157
But don't let that stop you. Please don't visit any physicians should you feel unwell, be unable to breathe, have a heart attack, etc....