You have a prescription its easy and we talk about opioid painkillers we are centrally talking about. The Drug Companies or that i tell. Are the pushers and the pharmacists are the suppliers. See theres not a city in the United States right now the. Major opiate addiction problem and its not just in cities its in rural or in fact in some places its worse in rural areas than anywhere else at the peak of the epidemic millions of people in the United States were prescribed 259000000 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 thats 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 to kids who are spending hundreds of dollars a day if not thousands. Of her
And were told they were nonaddictive when in fact they were. Taught in medical school about this is the juice we only get told about illnesses that were supposed to cure we also grew up thinking that doctors were always right so if you have a prescription its easy and we talk about opioid painkillers we are centrally talking about. The Drug Companies or the cartel. Are the pushers and the pharmacists are the suppliers. A see theres not a city in the United States right now the. Major opiate addiction problem and its not just in cities its in fact in some places its worse in rural areas than anywhere else at the peak of the epidemic millions of people in the United States. Prescribe 259000000 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 crap 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 medi
Cnbc im becky quick with joe kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin the market has come under significant pressure this morning. And the nasdaq off by 143. Its all coming this morning a rough week for wall street 5. 5 that was the worst week since march 20th and all three are coming off of their biggest weekly losses and last month after last week. The dow and nasdaq for the month of june would be down with the projected losses that were looking at this morning. S p is already down for the month of june. Also keeping track of the treasury market this morning lets take a look at that. Treasury yields yielding 0. 08 crude oil prices under pressure this morning too this is a sign of how much is anticipated in terms of a come back not only here in the United States but around the globe and right now wti down about 55 cents. Still trading 35 though at 35. 71 andrew. Thank you, becky. I hope everybody had a great weekend despite some of these losses that were looking at in the market i want to start
Weekly magazine reported on may 1st and 13th, he visited the tokyo home of a newspaper reporter, where she suspected of gambling on mahjong, after the government requested people to refrain from nonessential outings. The resignation is called for if the report is true. Translator i have to say thatat he is disqualifified as leader of the organization. I think he should resign immediately. Prosecutors plan to hear from him on the media report. Some at the Prosecutors Office say the report comes at the worst possible time as lawmakers are debating the enactment of a bill to extend the mandatory retirement age of public prosecutors. He is an essential figure and delayed his retirement by altering the conventional interpretation of the law, the first time a prosecutors retirement was extended. Pop siciopposition parties have criticized the move saying the cabinet wants to make him the general, and that hes easily controlled by the government. The japanese government plans to formally endor
A. M. , dr. Joshua gordon, director of the National Incident of Mental Health, on the impact covid19 is having on Mental Health and the nations Mental Health care system. Host democrats plan to vote this week on the 3 trillion financial package. Providing funding for the postal Health Services. Senate republicans are questioning the need for a funding bill. Some culling it aspirational. We will take your calls on it. If you want to comment on the phone lines, its 202 7488000 , mountain and pacific, 202 7488001. You can text the set 202 7488003 text us at 202 or comment onk us facebook. The bill starts out with 500 billion going directly to state governments. 170 5 billion would go to Public Health emergency funds and offer 75 billion for housing assistance, 25 billion for the Postal Service, tribal relief, 10 billion of this new package would go to Small Businesses. 3. 6 billion dollars for the fall election, offering direct each household. The election aspect, the Washington Times hig