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The most commonly abused prescription drugs
For years, the prescription drug problem across the United States has been growing worse and worse. Many people are reliant on these drugs to try and find some kind of pleasure and comfort in life, but it’s not as easy as it might sound. That’s why prescription drug overdose rates are going through the roof.…
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Opioid Epidemic Not Driven by Prescription Painkillers
Prescription painkillers are no longer causing opioid epidemic, according to a top official for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This was revealed at a congressional hearing that heroin and illicit fentanyl were instead the culprits for the rising rate of drug overdoses. Proven Wrong Based on Research The fact that prescription opioids…
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Fentanyl Is a Powerful Opioid
With fentanyl, addiction problems in the US related to opioid-based painkillers have just got more dangerous. This highly potent painkiller prescribed by doctors for treating cancer is now being produced illegally and rolled out on the streets to deliver a super high that often leads to death. While this drug has been around way back…
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Are Prescription Painkillers Really Tennesseans’ Drug of Choice?
A lot of people nowadays have become addicted to a wide range of substances. Some are attached to tobacco and nicotine and smoke several sticks or packs a day, while others are hooked on alcohol and can’t stop drinking. Still others are dependent on marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine as well as various club drugs…
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Prescription Painkiller Deaths Now Outrank Traffic Deaths
Prescription painkillers have now taken the infamous honor of being the number one cause of accident deaths in the U. S. Traffic deaths have fallen to the number two cause. The shift actually took place in 2008 when there were 41,000 accidental American deaths due to painkillers and 38,000 deaths due to traffic accidents. According…