“Of the 2,900 babies born last year in Cabell County, West Virginia, 500 had to be weaned off of opioid dependence.”
Tag: Opioids
With a 10-day supply of opioids, 1 in 5 become long-term users
A new study finds that 1 in 5 individuals that are given a 10-day opioid prescription will become long-time opioid users.
Pharmaceutical Executives Charged in Racketeering Scheme
“Several pharmaceutical executives and managers, formerly employed by Insys Therapeutics, Inc., were arrested today on charges that they led a nationwide conspiracy to bribe medical practitioners to unnecessarily prescribe a […]
ContraReport Opioid/Cannabis 2016 Video Sources
link to video: https://youtu.be/VY9udZKzUEg?si=LDZP6xTBsUkdBkN4 “78 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose.” – CDC ‘Understanding the Epidemic’ Since 2000 opioid overdose deaths have increased 200%. – Rudd, R. (2016). […]
Does access to medical marijuana reduce opioid deaths?
“The three studies ‘tell a similar story,’ said Pacula: After medical marijuana comes to a state, ‘fewer people are dying’ of opioid overdoses. ‘If it were just one study, or […]