Lust for Profits Behind Opioid Epidemic
Opioid addiction rates have skyrocketed over the past two decades, costing millions in health insurance costs and lost productivity in the workforce. According to Fortune magazine, an estimated 254 million opioid prescriptions were filled in 2010 alone, enough to medicate every adult in the U. S. for a month on a round-the-clock basis. In that same year, pharmaceutical companies generated revenues of $11 billion from opioid sales alone.
The phrase “opioid epidemic” came about in response to these numbers, no doubt an apt description of how these drugs have taken over… Read more…