Baby boomer are accidentally killing themselves with overdoses of prescription painkillers, anti-anxiety and sleep medication at a faster rate than any other group. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal’s Health Blog. 
This is the fate that befell Batman’s Joker Heath Ledger. The total accidental prescription overdoses were 22770 in 2004 rising 700 percent since 1983. The Associated Press reports that, “The increase deaths was highest among baby boomers, people in their 40s and 50s.”
Perhaps the young are now beginning a new trend with the use of antidepressants. 
Read this People Magazine piece on Anna Nicole Smith’s son Pathologist: Meds Killed Daniel Smith.
August 3, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Those are pretty scary statistics..Maybe there are just too many prescription drugs…That is food for thought. Depression comes from time to time for every one…There are other ways of fighting this besides drugs…Take a long walk, call a friend, do something fun…And try to figure out why you are feeling badly…carol stanley…author of “For Kids 59.99 and Over” http://www.carolstanley1.com
August 31, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Greets! Really funny. Big ups!