Overdoses from prescription opioid drugs now kill nearly seventeen thousand americans every year. Thats one overdose death every thirty minutes. The overdose rate, which might have been 1 or 2 a month in our emergency department, is now more like 3 or 4 or 5, if not more than that, in a 24hour period. Thats a massive increase. Massive. Over the past 10 years, weve had more than 125,000 americans lose their lives to painkiller Overdose Deaths. The food and Drug Administration recently approved a powerful new opioid painkiller called zohydro over the objections of its own medical advisors, and dozens of lawmakers. I thought we had learned our lesson with oxycontin. How can you say with any degree of confidence that zohydro wont be abused . Youre going to have people die. This week, fault lines looks at the battle over the most popular drugs in america opioid painkillers. There is big controversy tonight involving a new narcotic painkiller. The drug about to hit the market is called zohyd
Opioid drugs now kill nearly seventeen thousand americans every year. Thats one overdose death every thirty minutes. The overdose rate, which might have been 1 or 2 a month in our emergency department, is now more like 3 or 4 or 5, if not more than that, in a 24hour period. Thats a massive increase. Massive. Over the past 10 years, weve had more than 125,000 americans lose their lives to painkiller Overdose Deaths. The food and Drug Administration recently approved a powerful new opioid painkiller called zohydro over the objections of its own medical advisors, and dozens of lawmakers. I thought we had learned our lesson with oxycontin. How can you say with any degree of confidence that zohydro wont be abused . Youre going to have people die. This week, fault lines looks at the battle over the most popular drugs in america opioid painkillers. There is big controversy tonight involving a new narcotic painkiller. The drug about to hit the market is called zohydro. But many are now asking
They have been protesting two months now. The leader of the catholic and orthodox churches are calling to an end to differences. This is the final part of the trip to turkey. People are coming together the mark World Aids Day. Hundreds of events around the world are focussed on prevention and treatment through 34 Million People living with hiv. We have much more on World Aids Day in the 4 00 p. M. News hour. The United States is in the midst of the worst drug addiction epidemic in its history. But its not a crisis of illegal drugs. Its one of prescription painkillers oxycodone, hydrocodone, and other legal narcotics, all related to opium. Collectively, they are called opioids. These are the opioid painkillers. And prescriptions for drugs like these have more than quadrupled over the last 15 years to the extent that the us now consumes more than 80 percent of the Global Supply of these drugs. Overdoses from prescription opioid drugs now kill nearly seventeen thousand americans every yea
Overdoses from prescription opioid drugs now kill nearly seventeen thousand americans every year. Thats one overdose death every thirty minutes. The overdose rate which might have been 1 or 2 a month in our Emergency Department is now more like 3 or 4 or 5 if not more than that, in a 24hour period. Thats a massive increase. Massive. Over the past 10 years, weve had more than 125,000 americans lose their lives to painkiller Overdose Deaths. The food and Drug Administration recently approved a powerful new opioid painkiller called zohydro over the objections of its own medical advisors and dozens of lawmakers. I thought we had learned our lesson with oxycontin. How can you say with any degree of confidence that zohydro wont be abused . Youre going to have people die. This week fault lines looks at the battle over the most popular drugs in america opioid painkillers. There is big controversy tonight involving a new narcotic painkiller. The drug about to hit the market is called zohydro. B
Overdoses from prescription opioid drugs now kill nearly seventeen thousand americans every year. Thats one overdose death every thirty minutes. The overdose rate which might have been 1 or 2 a month in our Emergency Department is now more like 3 or 4 or 5 if not more than that, in a 24hour period. Thats a massive increase. Massive. Over the past 10 years, weve had more than 125,000 americans lose their lives to painkiller Overdose Deaths. The food and Drug Administration recently approved a powerful new opioid painkiller called zohydro over the objections of its own medical advisors and dozens of lawmakers. I thought we had learned our lesson with oxycontin. How can you say with any degree of confidence that zohydro wont be abused . Youre going to have people die. This week fault lines looks at the battle over the most popular drugs in america opioid painkillers. There is big controversy tonight involving a new narcotic painkiller. The drug about to hit the market is called zohydro. B