In the late 1990s, the medical community was on the fence about prescription opioid pain relievers. Pharmaceutical companies assured the community Opioids were not addictive. But as more healthcare providers prescribed opioid pain relievers/killers, it became evident that pain relievers (versus pain killers) were highly addictive and easily abused. Opiates like prescription pain relievers, heroin,…
According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, 128 people die every day in the U.S. from overdosing on opioids. This number shows the severity of the opioid crisis in the U.S., which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says is responsible for an “economic burden” of about $78.5 billion a year. How the…
