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Drastic 300% rise in babies born already addicted to heroin, opioids, painkillers

8/17/2016 - The number of babies who are born addicted to opioids has tripled in just 15 years in our country. It's a shocking statistic that underscores just how far opioid addiction reaches. In 1999, 1.5 babies in every 1,000 births were born addicted to opioids and placed into a withdrawal program immediately....

It's true: Prescription painkillers are far more dangerous than owning a gun... Do you have meds in your house?

6/5/2016 - A good portion of Americans have been frightened into believing that having a gun in the home is a dangerous liability, but the truth is that you are far more likely to die if you have prescription opioids in your medicine cabinet than if you own a firearm. Americans consume more prescription painkillers...

CDC: Prescription painkiller drugs kill 40 Americans every single day

5/10/2016 - Prescription painkiller drugs like OxyContin (oxycodone) and Vicodin (hydrocodone) are now directly responsible for killing 40 Americans every single day. This disturbing fact comes from new data compiled by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as part of an ongoing investigation...

Pharmaceutical painkiller deaths drop 25% in states with medical marijuana according to study

4/28/2015 2:33:02 PM - Groundbreaking research published in the respected journal JAMA Internal Medicine has revealed new benefits to the denouement of marijuana prohibition throughout the U.S. It turns out that states where medical cannabis use is no longer a criminal offense are reporting substantially fewer deaths associated...

America consumes 80 percent of all prescription painkillers sold globally

9/12/2014 - Many Americans would argue that the U.S. is the greatest nation on Earth, a beacon of freedom and hope for the rest of the world to emulate. But when it comes to mental and physical quality of life here in the States, America appears to rank near the bottom, as evidenced by the nation's massive and...

Medical marijuana legalization reduces painkiller overdose deaths

9/3/2014 - A massive joint study (no pun intended) by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City was conducted to determine the impact on reducing prescription opioid deaths in states...

United States of PAIN? 259 million painkiller prescriptions written every year in the USA

7/5/2014 - A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that the overprescription of narcotic painkillers is still a major problem in the United States. The report, published on July 1, is based on data collected by retail pharmacies, which fill the majority of US prescriptions....

Tylenol can kill you; new warning admits popular painkiller causes liver damage, death

12/6/2013 - It has been a common household name in over-the-counter pain relief for more than 50 years. But the popular painkiller drug Tylenol is getting a major labeling makeover following a string of personal injury lawsuits. According to the Associated Press (AP), so many Tylenol users these days are suffering...

Venom of the black mamba snake is a potent painkiller, say scientists

3/8/2013 - The black mamba is the longest, fastest, and most poisonous snake in Africa, and its venom is a ferocious neurotoxin that paralyzes and kills small animals. According to French scientists at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology in Nice, though, this venom also contains a natural painkiller...

Getting enough sleep: A more potent painkiller than codeine

3/2/2013 - Getting a couple more hours of sleep each night is more effective than codeine at reducing the body's sensitivity to pain, according to a study published in the journal SLEEP. The study was the first to examine the pain-related effects of getting extra sleep, although other studies have shown that...

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