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How to Find Opioid Addiction Help

In the last couple of years, we, as a nation, have gotten a not-so-subtle reminder of the dangers of opioid addiction. Americans deal with significant addiction issues involving prescription painkillers, heroin, and deadly fentanyl from coast to coast. Springing from the ongoing opioid epidemic spurred on by massive overprescribing initiated and encouraged by the pharmaceutical…

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The Reality of the Opioid Epidemic

The opioid epidemic in the United States is far worse than most people realize, resulting in many overdoses. Recently statistics have shown more and more people are dying from overdoses from prescription opioids every year. With over 10,000 people dying from these medications and even more surviving overdoses, it’s become a crisis. The Surgeon General…