![Heroin now kills more people than guns: Drugs overdoses claimed 50,000 lives in the US last year FILE - This Tuesday, May 19, 2015 file photo shows a firearm and 154 pounds of heroin worth at least $50 million displayed during a Drug Enforcement Administration news conference in New York. According to government data released Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, drug overdose deaths in the U.S. surpassed 50,000 in 2015, the highest mark in at least 15 years. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)](http://www.theshootershangout.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/drugs-e1519019967844-140x140.jpg)
Heroin now kills more people than guns: Drugs overdoses claimed 50,000 lives in the US last year
“More than 50,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the highest figure ever. 33,000 gun deaths, 62% of those were suicides. Many more were justified police shootings, still others were accidental. A far minority were homicides. The tally has been pushed to new heights by soaring abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers, especially fentanyl. […]