by Tom Barrett | Sep 12, 2017 | Opioid Crisis
Americans are in a lot of pain. As a nation, we consume far more opioids than any other country on the planet. In fact, we consumer 80% of the global supply. That’s a lot – particularly for a country that comprises only 5% of the world population. And if you include...
by Tom Barrett | Aug 15, 2017 | Opioid Crisis
It seems like only yesterday there was no such thing as prescription drug advertising. And now, there’s no escaping it. In fact, TV drug ads are so common in the U.S., it’s hard to believe that only two countries in the world allow them: the United States...
by Tom Barrett | Jul 18, 2017 | Opioid Crisis
Two-thirds of teens who abuse prescription drugs are getting them from friends and family, according to the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids. Unfortunately, not only has prescription drug abuse reached epidemic proportions, but it has been proven to lead to heroin and...
by Tom Barrett | Jun 20, 2017 | Opioid Crisis
The US Poison Control Center receives nearly 1/2 million calls each year because of young children accidentally getting into medicine. “It happened so fast.” That’s what young mother Billie Lombardo said. Like many parents, Mrs. Lombardo thought...
by Tom Barrett | May 16, 2017 | Opioid Crisis
For millennia, opioids (natural or synthetic opium-like drugs) have been regarded as the most effective treatment for pain. The earliest reference to opium growth and use is in 3400 B.C., when the poppy plant was cultivated in lower Mesopotamia. The ancient Sumerians...
by Tom Barrett | Apr 4, 2017 | Opioid Crisis
America has a serious rural drug abuse problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), overdoses from drug abuse in rural areas reached epidemic proportions in 2015. In fact, death rates from overdoses in rural areas now outpace the historically higher...
