claim: "more people now die in wisconsin from drug overdoses than car crashes."
author: brad schimel
evidence_1: jul 8, 2016 ... new today from politifact wisconsin : ... attorney general brad schimel says ' more people now die in wisconsin from drug overdoses than car ...
evidence_2: jan 30, 2018 ... the latest provisional data from the cdc indicates that between june 2016 and  june 2017, drug overdoses killed more than 66,000 people in ...
evidence_3: mar 30, 2018 ... cdc estimates more than 42000 people overdosed on opioids in 2016. fentanyl -related drugs are one of the major reasons. ... states with deaths from opioid- related overdoses now outpacing car accident fatalities. ... thursday that 42,249  people died in the u.s. due to opioid-related overdoses in 2016.
evidence_4: 1 day ago ... "the opioid crisis remains an abstract issue for many people; they still ... each  day more than 130 americans die after overdosing on opioids, ... data reported  last year showed drug overdoses killed more americans in 2016 than the ... the  lifetime risk of dying from an accidental fall are now 1 in 114, up ...
evidence_5: sep 22, 2016 ... the number of wisconsin citizens who die as a result of drug overdose now  exceeds the number of those who die from motor vehicle crashes ...