All posts tagged with prescription painkillers

(Natural News) The opioid epidemic in America is killing more people than guns and the blame rests squarely on Big Pharma. Until 2007, the number of deaths by firearm was five times greater than those caused by overdoses, but in 2015 overdose deaths surpassed gun deaths for the first time – and it looks like the […]

(Natural News) Last Thursday, President Donald Trump announced to reporters that he would be declaring America’s opioid crisis a national emergency, as roughly 142 people die each day of drug overdoses in the U.S. Trump is correct that the problem has gotten out of hand in our nation, with around 35,000 people dying of opioid […]

(Natural News) 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 […]

(Natural News) Addiction, like other illnesses, knows no bounds; it can strike anyone, regardless of their position in life. The abuse of prescription painkillers has spread far and wide across the United States — and the epidemic of addiction has even sunk its hooks into some of the nation’s top athletes. The NFL has recently […]

(Natural News) The opioid epidemic in America is killing more people than guns and the blame rests squarely on Big Pharma. Until 2007, the number of deaths by firearm was five times greater than those caused by overdoses, but in 2015 overdose deaths surpassed gun deaths for the first time – and it looks like […]

(Natural News) The number of people killed by the painkiller fentanyl doubled in just a single year, according to a recent report from the FDA and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Fentanyl overdose is believed to be responsible for the accidental death of singer-songwriter Prince in April 2016. For the first […]