By Justin Gardner A shocking statistic has come out of Tennessee which further demonstrates the ludicrous nature of the U.S. approach to drugs.
“Legal” opioid drugs in the form of prescription pills killed more people in 2014 than did vehicle accidents or gunshots. At least 1,263 Tennesseans died from opioid overdose, continuing a steady increase over the years—figures that doctors are calling epidemic proportions.
Dubbed “hillbilly heroin,” the government-sanctioned big Pharma products are easily available on the street, from $5 a pill for Hydrocodone $80 a pill for OxyContin. One doctor described how people would get prescribed painkillers after visiting the emergency room and then …read more