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Monday, May 26th, 2014

Prescription Drugs More Deadly Than Car Accidents, Guns, and Suicide

Author:     CHARLOTTE LYTTON
Source:     The Daily Beast
Publication Date:     05.25.14 6lkjhnb
 Link: Prescription Drugs More Deadly Than Car Accidents, Guns, and Suicide
Stephan:   Although you won't hear many people say it one of the functions of the American Illness Profit System is to get as many people as possible, from tiny children to aged adults, using prescription pharmaceuticals. Just count the number of TV ads for drugs. It is so very very profitable. As this report spells out,"The U.S., which holds five percent of the world's population, is responsible for 75 percent of global prescription drug use." And it is all too often deadly.

America, we’ve got a problem: More than 100 people die each day in the U.S. because of prescription drugs.

America is in the throes of a prescription drug epidemic. More people die every day from that addiction than gunshot wounds, car accidents, or suicide-with 100 people losing their lives daily as a result of misusing medication.

The National Institute of Drug Abuse has some pretty shocking statistics detailing just how bad America’s addiction has become. For example: the US, which holds 5 percent of the world’s population, is responsible for 75 percent of global prescription drug use; 52 million people over the age of 12 have used this medication for purposes outside of what they are intended for; enough painkillers were prescribed in 2010 to medicate every American adult every four hours for a month; over half of these pills are obtained for free from a friend or family member; there are 5.1 million abusers of painkillers, 2.2 million who illegitimately take tranquilizers, and 1.1 million needlessly popping stimulants.

America, we’ve got a problem.

Painkiller addiction is also a well-known celebrity health hazard, with the likes of Winona Ryder, Jamie Lee Curtis, Matthew Perry, Charlie Sheen, and dozens more attributing their downward spirals to […]

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