The American addiction to painkillers that every now and then makes some surprising waves. With drug companies showing that they’re shipping out more pain medications than most major drug stores have records of receiving, it makes you wonder where it’s all going? According to The Charleston Gazette, the trail of painkillers had led to West Virginia’s Mingo County, which has the fourth-highest prescription opioid death rate of any county in the United States.
From there, the trail goes through Wyoming County, where OxyContin shipments have doubles and the overdose death rate is the highest in the country. If these shipments aren’t going to stores like Rite-Aid, Walgreens or CVS, then where’s it all going? The answer is the independently run stores. For example, a mom and pop pharmacy in Oceana reportedly received 600 times as many oxycodone pills as the Rite Aid just eight blocks away.
Because the lawyers from these major companies shipping the pills out have worked hard to keep their manifests secret, it makes you wonder if they’re working with these small companies to take advantage of addicted peoples and populations.
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I’m sure over 3/4 of these pills could be replaced with 1 plant
We have an epidemic of doctors over prescribing these pills. There is not one pill shot up or snorted that a doc didnt right a script for!
That’s why people like me are suffering I broke my back and neck and have had seven surgeries and I am treated like a drug addict when I go to the emergency room looking for help when the pain is to much.
I broke my back and neck and have had seven surgeries and the doctor has had me on the same thing for 7 years get treated like a drug addict when the pain is to much and I go to the emergency room. So tell me what doc is handing out the pills? ?
A lot of experts on pain here.
the doctors and pharmacists are customer-facing and have visibility to who/how much is being taken. Attempts to blame ‘big pharma’ are misplaced as they have no direct customer access.
Over 60% of the pain killers sold in this Country are going to the Welfare crowd Medicaid doesn’t question none of it and Im sure this is where most of the street pills are coming from as well as some on so called disability
what happen to God being our healer don’t anybody believe in God or pray,? drugs is the problem the more drugs the worse the pain it helps at first but once your body gets used to the drug it needs higher dosage this country is all numb with drugs don’t know about anything what is going on around them the bible teaches about herbs that were use at that time .but my God can healed cancer, fix anybody part that needs healing he is great
a lot of them do, to some that not really need them I know when people are hurting bad like you it is different but my friend works as a nurse n says how Drs. do it all the time it is not right a drug is a drug n gets people hook on them
wow this person must be on meds n they are all mad democraps don’t know what is best for America