A grim tally soars: More than 50,000 overdose deaths in US

NEW YORK - More than 50,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, the most ever.The disastrous tally has been pushed to new heights by soaring abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers, a class of drugs known as opioids.Heroin deaths rose 23 per cent in one year, to 12,989,...