Americans continue to mourn the dozens of people who were killed and hundreds wounded by a crazed lunatic in Las Vegas on Sunday, and as is usually the case when guns are involved in a mass murder incident, the usual suspects are once more calling for gun bans. “Nowhere but America do horrific large-scale mass shootings … Continue reading Opioid prescription drug deaths dwarf shooting deaths, yet there’s no call to ban Big Pharma
America’s opioid epidemic is killing so many people that medical examiners can’t keep up with the body count
The numbers of Americans dying from the escalating opioid epidemic are skyrocketing so quickly that local medical examiners now have a backlog of autopsy cases that will stretch into next year. As reported by the U.K.’s Daily Mail, the seemingly uncontrollable rise in opioid addiction is taxing the services of local medical examiners to the point that they are being … Continue reading America’s opioid epidemic is killing so many people that medical examiners can’t keep up with the body count
Opioid epidemic reaches whole new crisis level as Big Pharma drugs out America for profit
A comprehensive study validates the impact opioid abuse has on our country, with results suggesting that from 2009 to 2015, overdose-related ICU admissions increased by 34 percent and the cost per ICU admission rose by 58 percent. During the same period, the number of opioid deaths within the ICU nearly doubled. Researchers from the Beth … Continue reading Opioid epidemic reaches whole new crisis level as Big Pharma drugs out America for profit
Dr. Eddy Bettermann MD 