>Looks, here's what it boils down to: drug use (except when prescribed by a licensed physician) is just royally, royally, royally stupid. Drugs destroy the youth, destroys families and communities.
More people - 95 million- used prescription painkillers last year than used tobacco.
The myth that it all starts with marijuana, while interesting, is out of date.
https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH-FFR2-2015/NSDUH-FFR2-2015.htmLast year, I broke a toe in a fall (seniors fall a lot) and the MD prescribed painkillers, without ever warning me of the possibly addictive effects.
Fortunately, I had read about them and opted instead for Tylenol and a little pain. Somehow, I survived.
59,000 people in the US died from opioid overdoses last year.
Should we be putting MD's and the pharma people who pay them to prescribe these killers in jail?
Anyone who does not go overboard- deserves to.
Malcolm Forbes, Sr.