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Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Deaths From Painkiller Overdose Triple

(NEW YORK) — The number of overdose deaths from powerful painkillers more than tripled over a decade, the government reported Tuesday — a trend that a U.S. health official called an epidemic, but one that can be stopped.

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2 comments:

Cerealposter said...

All the lowlifes out there abusing and selling these pills make it harder for people who legitimately need pain medications.I would almost bet the farm that if you look deep enough,that prescription narcotics are the main motive for all these recent "home invasion" robberies.

Anonymous said...

.I would almost bet the farm that if you look deep enough,that prescription narcotics are the main motive for all these recent "home invasion" robberies.

November 2, 2011 4:34 PM

And other drugs as well. But yeah, especially the older people's homes. They know most old people have lots of medicine.

And ones like us who actually need pain medicine are sometimes looked at like second class citizens and drug seekers because of these types of slime balls.