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07/09/2018 / By S.D. Wells

Health Basics QUIZ: Which has killed more Americans, all U.S. wars put together or prescription drugs?

Which is more dangerous, fighting in a war, or returning from a war and taking experimental prescription drugs for PTSD and pain? Since the war in Afghanistan, where insidious politicians auspiciously helped opium production levels rise to astronomical rates, heroin has become the root of many prescription drugs that Americans find themselves not only addicted to, […]

05/18/2018 / By Jessica Dolores

Opioids becoming drug of choice at raves and electronic dance clubs

Besides their children’s obsession with computers, some modern-day parents must deal with another, deadlier form of addiction that may be manipulating their offspring: the overuse of opioids. A new study by the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing concluded that one in 10 electronic dance […]

02/26/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Ex-opioid addict starts online campaign against billionaire family behind OxyContin; their company, Purdue Pharma, has made billions off opioids

World-renowned and distinguished photographer Nan Goldin is using her art to yet again expose the hidden truths of an unreported world — this time in lambasting the billionaire family responsible for the pain relief drug, OxyContin. Goldin, a recovering drug addict, says that the Sackler family has turned a blind eye to the growing epidemic […]

02/20/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Settlement talks have begun in opioid lawsuits against Big Pharma – over 250 cases have been brought against multiple companies

Score one for the plaintiffs suing Big Pharma for its complicity in the opioid epidemic ravaging the United States. An article in LifeZette reported that settlement talks have begun between state attorney generals and the legal representatives of pharmaceutical companies and distributors. More than 250 federal lawsuits have been filed against various pharma companies for their […]

11/24/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

Dangerous medicine: America’s opioid epidemic isn’t the only prescription drug-based crisis killing hundreds of thousands

By now, you may have heard that the U.S. is experiencing an opioid epidemic. The number of Americans who overdose on opioids has quadrupled since 1999. More than 500,000 people have died from opioid overdoses from 2010 to 2015. President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency in 2017 as CDC numbers reveal […]

11/06/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

The opioid epidemic in context: Expert reviews the history, facts

Opioid use and drug overdose deaths have both risen astronomically in the U.S. recently, and it’s hard to avoid headlines about what has become the top cause of accidental death in the nation. It’s common knowledge by now that the country has a serious opioid problem, but how did we find ourselves in this dire […]

09/03/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Opioid epidemic reaches whole new crisis level as Big Pharma drugs out America for profit

A comprehensive study validates the impact opioid abuse has on our country, with results suggesting that from 2009 to 2015, overdose-related ICU admissions increased by 34 percent and the cost per ICU admission rose by 58 percent. During the same period, the number of opioid deaths within the ICU nearly doubled. Researchers from the Beth […]

08/19/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Big Pharma RAMPAGE: Man murders doctor who refused to prescribe opioids to his wife

A murder-suicide is being implicated in the ongoing and growing opioid addiction crisis besmirching Indiana. Michael Jarvis shot Dr. Todd Graham after the latter refused to prescribe opioids to the former’s wife to help alleviate her chronic pain. Jarvis later committed suicide. The police are still investigating if drug addiction played a role in the […]

08/03/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

America on drugs: Shocking one-third of U.S. adults are prescribed opioids

If you think that America’s opioid epidemic hasn’t touched your life, statistics show there is a good chance you are wrong, with one out of every three American adults taking opioids during 2015. That equates to 92 million adults. It’s a shocking statistic that means you could well know more than one person who is […]

07/25/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Doctors are prescribing DEADLY fentanyl for cash and lavish dinners, reveals report

An opioid that is 50 times stronger than pure heroin (and 100 times more potent than morphine) is being over-prescribed by physicians nationwide as the delineation between medical ethics and personal gain fades even further. Fentanyl, a powerful prescription pain medication, is an entirely synthetic opioid initially meant to ease cancer patients to death. Even […]

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