You hear this all the time on the news, drugs are flooding our streets. Why is this happening? Where are all these drugs coming from? Some sources believe that drugs are trafficked into our boarders from other countries. All though that maybe true, our own system in this country is also partly to blame.
Currently, the United States is facing an opioid drug epidemic. The country is trying resolve this problem by implementing new laws to control overprescribing of these drugs. Not too long ago, drug laws were more lenient on prescribing these pain relievers. Often, physicians would overprescribe these drugs due to patient convenience and lack of knowledge about the particular amount of pain a patient can handle. Overprescribing of these drugs has led to increase of overdose, addiction, and marketing of these illicit drugs. My goal is to help others realize this issue and to try to resolve this problem. Possible by educating others through this blog I hope I can help prevent addiction and overdoses. It is sad to realize that one of the leading causes of death in this country is from overdosing.