(Natural News) Most people think the biggest drug problems in the USA have to do with crack-heads, coke-heads, and meth-heads, but they would be wrong. There are 101 ways to lie to a medical doctor and convince them you’re suffering from pain, including physical or mental anguish, and get prescribed, over and over again, the […]

(Natural News) The United States has been deeply entrenched in the opioid epidemic for years. Dozens of cities, counties and states have filed suit against a number of the nation’s top pharmaceutical industry for their role in creating a drug epidemic which has destroyed thousands of families and claimed thousands of lives. Big Pharma has […]

(Natural News) Addiction to drugs and other substance will cause your overall health and well-being to deteriorate. Addiction to heroin in particular is often difficult to overcome. People who were previously addicted to heroin may still feel the symptoms of withdrawal weeks, months, or even years after abstaining from it. There are many ways to recover from […]

(Natural News) The concept of doctors prescribing patients certain medications in exchange for money and gifts from pharmaceutical companies isn’t new, but it has taken on a whole new level of danger in the wake of the opioid crisis. For a long time, many of us wanted to believe that most doctors are above this […]

(Natural News) It looks like being dead won’t prevent the cops from knowing if you took drugs. A team from the University of East Anglia recently developed a revolutionary drug test that can detect four classes of drugs via the sweat found in your fingerprint. The creepy (yet kind of cool) part? The technology apparently […]

(Natural News) According to Congressional testimony, representatives for Purdue Pharmaceutical lobbied the Bush Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) to avoid prosecution. On more than one occasion, top level Purdue executives met with the head of the DOJ’s criminal division (Alice Fisher) to skirt felony charges. For years, the company’s top executives downplayed the risks of […]

(Natural News) According to the results of a study, complementary practices like meditation and mindful breathing can help individuals manage chronic pain. Researchers involved in the study added that these practices also helped minimize the need for medication like opioids, which are linked to addiction. The study, which was conducted at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) […]

(Natural News) It is almost inconceivable for any pet lover to imagine purposely hurting a pet just to gain access to a prescription for opioids, and yet, this is exactly what one woman in Kentucky did back in 2014. She was arrested for allegedly repeatedly cutting her beautiful golden retriever so that she could secure […]

(Natural News) Opioids are some of the most commonly prescribed pain medications in the world. Unfortunately, this class of drugs is prone to misuse and has even been associated with many adverse side effects. In a recent study by Northwell Health physicians, it was found that older patients who took opiate pain medications for non-surgical conditions […]

(Natural News) “I will just eat until I am dead” says a 700 pound 34-year-old video junkie “kid” who lives at home for free under his dad’s roof and who is so obese that he has to bathe outside in a pig trough. Like more than 200 million Americans, Casey King loves junk food, eats […]