Simply Staggering Facts About The Opioid Epidemic

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Simply Staggering Facts About The Opioid Epidemic

More people are addicted to painkillers than meth and heroin combined.

Sources: CDC, American Society of Addiction Medicine

More than 183,000 people have died from prescription opioid overdoses since 1999.

Sources: CDC, New York Times, American Society of Addiction Medicine

Opioid painkillers tend to be a gateway drug for heroin.

Sources: drugabuse.gov, US News, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

The opioid epidemic goes back to the 90s and a company called Purdue Pharma.

Sources: STAT, Last Week Tonight, Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

Simply Staggering Facts About The Opioid Epidemic

Sources: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Healthline

Americans now consume 80% of the worldwide opioid painkiller supply.

Sources: QZ, CNBC, STAT

Purdue paid $600 million in fines for lying about its product... a fraction of its profits.

Sources: New York Times, Legal Match, Slate, Forbes

For more on this horrifying subject, see 5 Terrifying Things I Learned as a Drug-Addicted Nurse, 4 Insane Details of Cough Syrup Addiction (An Inside Look) and How Greedy Doctors Just Caused Me 5 Days Of Withdrawal

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