Deaths from opioid-driven hospitalizations quadrupled between 2000 and 2014, a new study concluded, painting a grim picture of the decades-long opioid epidemic that killed more than 42,000 Americans in 2016. The study, published in the December issue of Health Affairs, is the first nationally representative evaluation of opioid-driven mortality rates. Using data from hospitals nationwide, […]
Nobel Laureate ‘Discovers’ Cause of Opioid Crisis: Complete Economic Destruction of the “White Working Class”…
For several decades now the American Midwest has suffered from unprecedented economic decay courtesy of a persistent outsourcing of manufacturing jobs in the automotive and steel industries, among others. As we’ve noted frequently, that economic decay has resulted in a devastating surge in opioid overdoses that claim the lives of 100s of people each year. […]
Eric Bolling’s Son’s Cause Of Death Revealed…
Bolling wrote in a post on Facebook, “Just received some tragic news from the Coroner in Colorado. Eric Chase’s passing has been ruled an accidental overdose that included opioids. Adrienne and I thank you for your continued prayers and support. We must fight against this national epidemic, too many innocent victims.” Bolling was removed from […]
Trump Announces Designation of Opioid Epidemic as Public Health Crisis…
President Donald Trump announced plans on Thursday to combat the surging opioid epidemic in America, beginning a move that would free up resources and loosen regulations to help combat drug deaths, but falling short of his August promise to declare the the epidemic a national emergency. “This crisis of drug use, addiction, and overdose deaths […]
Small-Town American Budgets Devastated by Opioid Crisis as 41 States Subpoena Big Pharma…
A surge in Opioid consumption, primarily prescription painkillers, heroin and fentanyl – a drug 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine – and the resulting spike in overdose related deaths is devastating families in rural America. But the opioid epidemic is laying waste to more than just the broken families…
OxyContin Goes Global — “We’re only just getting started”…
OxyContin is a dying business. With the nation in the grip of an opioid epidemic that has claimed more than 200,000 lives, the U.S. medical establishment is turning away from painkillers. Top health officials are discouraging primary care doctors from prescribing them for chronic pain, saying there is no proof they work long-term…
30% of Medicare Part D Beneficiaries Are Taking Commonly Abused Opioids…
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