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Since 1999, 200,000 people have died from overdoses connected to OxyContin , and similar prescription drugs. 64,000 people have died in drug overdose last year, that's more people that AIDS, car accidents, and gun violence. The crisis puts most pain clinics and Hospitals in a tough situation. On one hand you have people that are in chronic pain and can't go without medication. On the other hand you have people that become addicted to opioids and eventually overdose or ruin their lives. Two Sides to the Opioid Patients   If you're reading this I want you to understand that I know prescription medication is used to treat chronic pain, and I know that it works really well. Thomas Kline MD, Phd argues that when you refuse to treat intractable pain it becomes morally corrupt. Refusing to treat intractable pain is morally corrupt. #opioidcrisis — Thomas Kline MD, PhD (@ThomasKlineMD) November 18, 2017 The Drug Epidemic in 2018 This drug epidemic is becoming...

In Indiana a man shot and killed a doctor for not prescribing his wife " Prescription Opioids ". Hours after finding out that the doctor didn't prescribe the medicine the horrific event begin. After shooting the doctor twice he shot and killed himself. Drugs such as Oxycotin, Oxycodone, and Methadone are used to help relieve pain in patients for all type of illnesses and surgeries. Details on the actual medication isn't revealed. New York Daily News Coverage It's very sad that this doctor by the name of Todd Graham lost his life dealing with "Prescription Opioids" & the news makes it seem like the abuse and addiction doesn't factor.  What's considered so important about this incident to me is these drugs are causing problems in the urban & professional community. To see someone in the business of prescribing medicines lose their life in this manor is very alarming.   [Digital image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from http:...

Facts about Opioid Prescriptions    Opiods are a group of synthetic chemicals that produces effects like those of a opiate which is a narcotic drug. Nearly 300 million prescriptions of these drugs were recorded in 2014. Since 1999 the number of prescriptions have quadrupled. According to the CDC around 50% of all overdoses involved opioid prescriptions. Lawsuits against the Pharmaceutical Companies   Washington, Ohio, Illinois, Mississippi, New York , California, Missouri and Oklahoma all have something in common they are suing the pharmaceutical companies that are distributing these drugs by the millions. Instead of me getting in the billions yes billions these pharma companies make. I have to let people know that addiction isn't some of the user choices. These drugs are so addictive that doctors are combating the addiction to create opioid antagonist which block the synthetic opioids .  Substance Abuse I know we all have our own opinion on s...