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07/09/2018 / By S.D. Wells

Health Basics QUIZ: Which has killed more Americans, all U.S. wars put together or prescription drugs?

Which is more dangerous, fighting in a war, or returning from a war and taking experimental prescription drugs for PTSD and pain? Since the war in Afghanistan, where insidious politicians auspiciously helped opium production levels rise to astronomical rates, heroin has become the root of many prescription drugs that Americans find themselves not only addicted to, […]

07/02/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Justice Department announces massive criminal crackdown on opioid prescription fraud: 76 doctors, 23 pharmacists, 19 nurses charged

The federal government has finally taken action against some of those who are contributing to our country’s opioid epidemic and committing medical fraud in what the Department of Justice is describing as the biggest health care fraud crackdown in our nation’s history. The Department of Justice, in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human […]

02/18/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Another risk of fentanyl may be an attraction to junkies – it causes amnesia

Kati Mather, who received the dubious honor of being the “face of the fentanyl addiction epidemic of America” two years ago, once described the drug’s effects as “very powerful…there’s no ride, it’s just BOOM.” And while Mather’s words suggested an explosion of pain relief often reported by regular fentanyl users, her words now imply a […]

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 […]

01/29/2018 / By Robert Jonathan

Another celebrity victim of Big Pharma: Autopsy report shows Tom Petty died of a prescription drug overdose

Rockstar Tom Petty died of an accidental drug overdose, an autopsy has revealed. The Los Angeles County coroner determined in a report earlier this month that Petty, 66, was determined to have a variety of pain meds in his system at the time of his death, including fentanyl, oxycodone, temazepam, alprazolam, citalopram, acetylfentanyl and despropionyl fentanyl in his system, […]

11/06/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

The opioid epidemic in context: Expert reviews the history, facts

Opioid use and drug overdose deaths have both risen astronomically in the U.S. recently, and it’s hard to avoid headlines about what has become the top cause of accidental death in the nation. It’s common knowledge by now that the country has a serious opioid problem, but how did we find ourselves in this dire […]

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 […]

10/12/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

New Jersey lawsuit accuses Big Pharma of “nothing short of EVIL”

A new lawsuit that accuses a pharmaceutical company of conduct that is “nothing short of evil” echoes the sentiment of many people who have suffered or lost loved ones due to the unsavory practices of Big Pharma. Big Pharma’s list of wrongdoings is rather lengthy, but the offense that is at the heart of the […]

10/03/2017 / By News Editors

Prescription opioid deaths surpass gun-related deaths… Big Pharma literally killing more people than GUNS

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 trend will […]

09/08/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Opioid drug manufacturer found to have repeatedly bribed doctors with lucrative kickbacks

If there was any lingering doubt in your mind that the major pharmaceutical manufacturers in the United States are truly evil, this story should kill it once and for all. The Daily Mail recently reported that the state of Arizona is suing pharma giant Insys – manufacturer of the fentanyl-based drug Subsys – for giving doctors […]

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