According to the CDC, more Americans died of opioid overdose in 2017 than were killed in Vietnam.
Since 1999, there were more than 700,000 opioid deaths, with over 10% of them last year alone. The cost of this is nearing $1 trillion.
Many states saw increases in deaths which is becoming a public topic of conversation.
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We need to have a serious overhaul of drug laws, and intellectual property laws. Too many people are profiting from government sanctioned monopolies that do nothing but prop up connected rich folk, while making the poor suffer with higher costs to healthcare. People think the solution is health insurance, and further welfare but all that does is ensure the money gets sent to people we don't necessarily know or trust. I would rather donate and give to a charity or cause of my choosing instead of letting the government decide for me. If we let the government decide, we'll get people like Donald Trump wasting our money on a wall.
When corporations run things, humanity goes right out the window. Opioids are big business.
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Increíble como el ser humano se autodestruye. Hay que hacer un ajuste en lo que estamos haciendo.
Only a strong leader in the US can solve that Opiod problem I think @zer0hedge
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