America's Opioid Crisis: how prescription drugs sparked a...

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    America's Opioid Crisis: how prescription drugs sparked a national trauma

    Aggressive marketing of painkillers made from opium poppy led to a generation of addicts and the deaths of almost 100 people a day from overdoses

    More here; https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-prescription-drugs-sparked-a-national-trauma

    Yet another example of pharmaceutical companies using their influence of the media and powerful lobbying of governments to maximise their drug profits at the expense of our health. And yet even one adverse event associated with a natural treatment and they hypocritically scream for a ban!
 
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