In Ohio, there has been a 366% increase in drug overdose deaths from 2000 to 2012. Unintentional drug overdoses caused 1,914 deaths in 2012. Over this period of time, prescription drugs. have been involved in most of the unintentional drug overdoses and have largely driven the rise in. deaths.
1 Loose stools with a fishy odor pertain to excessive cold in the intestines. 2  Extremely dry and hard stool is often seen in a deficiency of blood or body fluids. 3  Loose bowels with shapeless stool usually are due to deficiency cold in the spleen and stomach.
Medicine and Healthcare. Black stools can be due to iron supplements or excess iron in the diet. The most serious cause of black stools is bleeding in the GI tract, due to ulcers or some other cause. If the stool is black due to blood, it usually has a tarry feel. If there is just a black color, most likely it is not blood.