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05/02/2018 / By JD Heyes

Another Obamacare fail: New study finds the terrible “healthcare reform” law is driving more Americans to drink

Of the myriad of problems associated with the healthcare reform disaster known as Obamacare, you can add alcoholism to the list. Or, at least, the threat of rising alcoholism. Just a few years into full implementation of the law and more Americans have taken up the drink, according to a new study, PJ Media reports. […]

02/12/2018 / By JD Heyes

Opioid drug trafficking: Another excellent reason why Congress should fund Trump’s border wall NOW

One of the least-discussed reasons why President Donald J. Trump’s proposed border wall is so needed is because it will help reduce the amount of highly potent, deadly drugs flowing into the country. While no one seriously believes that a wall can stop all drugs flowing into the country, a nearly-impenetrable border-length barrier would certainly […]

02/08/2018 / By JD Heyes

Medicaid expansion, Obamacare BOTH caused the current opioid epidemic that’s killing thousands: Senate report

It’s not something that Democrats will want to hear, given the fact that only members of their party voted for the devastating health care “reform” law known as Obamacare that greatly expanded Medicaid coverage, but the findings cannot be disputed: A new Senate report presents irrefutable evidence that both were responsible, in large part, for […]

11/22/2017 / By JD Heyes

FDA, DEA running massive conspiracy to criminalize Kratom in order to protect Big Pharma’s obscene opioid profits

Federal agencies who have declared a national emergency over the burgeoning opioid epidemic are simultaneously continuing to criminalized kratom, which is a non-addictive, natural plant that has allowed scores of Americans to be weaned off their opioid addictions. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced plans to place the substance on the government’s list of Controlled […]

11/18/2017 / By JD Heyes

Treating veterans’ pain with Big Pharma opioids is proving to be deadly and has to stop NOW

Long careers in the military have always been difficult due to the very physical nature of the vocation, but service has been particularly tough in recent years due to overseas contingency operations. Lengthy wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with operations in Africa, Europe, and Asia, have taken their toll on the men and women […]

10/25/2017 / By JD Heyes

Opioids are killing thousands of Americans but alternative medicine backers say there has always been a better way to treat pain

President Donald J. Trump looks set to keep an earlier promise to declare the current opioid epidemic a national emergency, and while that decision is not being universally praised by everyone, others think it is a good first step. However, alternative medicine supporters and those who have always advocated for medical freedom say there has […]

10/09/2017 / By JD Heyes

Opioid prescription drug deaths dwarf shooting deaths, yet there’s no call to ban Big Pharma

Americans continue to mourn the dozens of people who were killed and hundreds wounded by a crazed lunatic in Las Vegas on Sunday, and as is usually the case when guns are involved in a mass murder incident, the usual suspects are once more calling for gun bans. “Nowhere but America do horrific large-scale mass shootings […]

09/26/2017 / By JD Heyes

America’s opioid epidemic is killing so many people that medical examiners can’t keep up with the body count

The numbers of Americans dying from the escalating opioid epidemic are skyrocketing so quickly that local medical examiners now have a backlog of autopsy cases that will stretch into next year. As reported by the U.K.’s Daily Mail, the seemingly uncontrollable rise in opioid addiction is taxing the services of local medical examiners to the […]

04/14/2017 / By JD Heyes

Facebook and Google use casino-style brain manipulation tactics to ADDICT users to their mobile apps

If you’re someone who ‘can’t live without’ social media or know someone like that, there is science behind the addiction, and while sinister, most people who can’t stop checking Facebook or Google have no idea how they became so hooked. It’s a mind technique the social media giants use to make us feel as though […]

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