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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 […]

01/18/2018 / By Earl Garcia

Deaths from synthetic opioids have risen from 3,000 to over 20,000 in just three years – and the carnage is expected to continue

The tragic cases of two suburban Atlanta teens succumbing to opioid overdose added to the growing and worsening number of deaths associated with drug overdose across the country. A report published in the Life Zette website revealed that deaths involving synthetic opioids grew from 3,000 to 20,000 within a three-year period, which marked a 560 percent increase in […]

01/01/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

More than half of adults now on prescription drugs, largely for conditions that can be avoided with simple lifestyle changes

A record number of pharmaceutical drugs were prescribed this past year in England. The United Kingdom’s National Health System (NHS) uncovered an alarming 1.1 million prescriptions for “conditions” that can mostly be avoided with better lifestyle choices. Prescription drug use has become a new societal norm, with mental health declining for numerous people even in […]

11/24/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

Dangerous medicine: America’s opioid epidemic isn’t the only prescription drug-based crisis killing hundreds of thousands

By now, you may have heard that the U.S. is experiencing an opioid epidemic. The number of Americans who overdose on opioids has quadrupled since 1999. More than 500,000 people have died from opioid overdoses from 2010 to 2015. President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency in 2017 as CDC numbers reveal […]

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 […]

11/09/2017 / By Mike Adams

The Republican establishment is a total disgrace for blocking cannabis medicine for wounded veterans – Health Ranger

The Republican establishment recently blocked veterans’ access to medical marijuana, making sure our veterans remain addicted to dangerous, deadly opioids. The Veterans Equal Access amendment was blocked by the Republican-led U.S. House, ensuring that Big Pharma continues to cash in on the biological destruction of returning veterans. The very political party that claims to be […]

10/29/2017 / By Russel Davis

Proof of illegal kickbacks: Doctor admits he was compensated by opioid manufacturer for issuing unnecessary prescriptions

A Rhode Island-based physician has recently admitted to participating in a fraudulent scheme and accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks to illegally prescribe fentanyl, a highly-addictive opioid. A Reuters report has revealed that Dr. Jerrold Rosenberg, 36, has pleaded guilty before the U.S. District Court in Providence on grounds of health care fraud and illegally prescribing the […]

10/28/2017 / By Mike Adams

The tide is turning: Big Pharma billionaire arrested, charged with conspiracy and bribery of doctors

I almost never thought I’d see the day when a Big Pharma founder and owner was finally arrested for running a criminal drug cartel, but that day has arrived. “Federal authorities arrested the billionaire founder and owner of Insys Therapeutics Thursday on charges of bribing doctors and pain clinics into prescribing the company’s fentanyl product […]

10/26/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

New report claims opioids killed more Americans last year than the entire Vietnam War… worst is yet to come

A new paper that was released on Wednesday, October 18 by Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) showed that the abuse of opioid drugs in 2016 alone contributed more towards the death of American people than homicides and suicides, the AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) crisis, car accidents, and the entire Vietnam […]

10/16/2017 / By Mike Adams

Washington Post: U.S. Congress engineered DEA racket to protect Big Pharma’s opioid drug giants

Although best known for publishing fake news or being forced give back a Pulitzer prize after being caught committing fake journalism, the Washington Post occasionally stumbles across an actual news story. Over the weekend, the Post published a story that reads almost exactly like Natural News a decade ago, accusing the U.S. Congress of conspiring […]

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