In rural areas than anywhere else at the peak of the epidemic millions of people in the United States were prescribed 259000000. 00 prescriptions of opioids that means on average every adult is on one opiate you know once or twice a year if not more scares the living out of me opioids are a major category of medical spending according to the centers for Disease Control its about. 24000000000. 00 in direct cost for the medications and other 75000000000. 00 in Health Care Costs people are doing and oxycontin 8010. 00 pack a day thats a 1000. 00 worth of medication the kids who are spending hundreds of this month thousands. Of her own walking. And its cheap. Really cheap really inexpensive and readily available the shame of it. Diction keeps us from knowing the actual numbers but at least 2000000 americans and probably millions more are addicted to prescription opioids prescription drugs. Causing more deaths for example. Car accidents from 999 to 2070 over 500000 americans have died from
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