Simply Staggering Facts About The Opioid Epidemic

Pharmaceutical companies make Walter White look like an amateur.
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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