The nation-wide opioid epidemic is worsening, despite government bans on the usage of the drugs. According to the government’s own data published Tuesday, there were 1.27 million emergency room visits or inpatient stays for opioid-related issues in a single year.
When compared to numbers collected in 2005, the latest available data for every state and the District of Columbia (through 2014) reflects a 64 percent increase for inpatient care and a 99 percent jump for emergency room treatment. And their trajectory likely will keep climbing if the epidemic continues unabated. The opioid epidemic begins and ends with “Big Pharma.”
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