Federal government announces new plan to tackle American opioid epidemic that kills 44 people a day… yet won’t stop the FDA from approving such opioids
by: Daniel Barker
NaturalNews.com
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Congress has just passed 18 bills created to address the nation’s opioid epidemic, but is the government really serious about tackling the problem?
Although the legislation passed overwhelmingly, there will be no funding available until 2017 for the various programs contained in the bills, and the big question is whether anything will be done to stop Big Pharma from over-supplying the country with dangerous and addictive prescription opioids.
The number of overdoses from opioid drugs – including illegal heroin and legal painkillers – has tripled over the last 15 years. Nearly 29,000 Americans died from overdoses in 2014, and an estimated 44 lives are lost each day in the U.S. due to opioid use.
Number one cause of accidental death
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