patients looking to ease severe pain. a study found 1% of people on prescription pain medications after surgery actually misuse them. politicians love the phrase epidemic. it is fake smart. only indulges the media while punishing the lawful. here s whatever the good doctor knows. all postsurgical pain is different, as his patient response to medications, body weight is a big factor. gillibrand is your typical hack targeting the law-abiding while the lawbreakers skate. stock up on your painkillers now. if she becomes president coming or going to need them every time she opens her mouth. oy vey. juan: i want to argue with this you on this. greg: go for it. you are wrong but go for it. juan: if i was talking to you about cocaine and heroin and i said you know what, i think the government should make them illegal because it leads to high levels of addictions. what would you say?
additional resources out to those states and communities. we need to make sure that we continue to rein in over prescribing of prescription pain medicines, which is really the root of this epidemic. so we need to promote from going doctor shopping and getting the pills that they want because they are just going from different doctor to different doctor? one of the strong actions that president obama took was to establish prescription drug monitoring programs in every state in this nation by providing resources so that doctors had access to databases to be able to prevent doctor shopping. and we ve seen in states that violence increased robust prescription drug monitoring programs and that require physicians to access those databases before they prescribe, we ve seen real reductions in prescription drug overdose deaths in those states. so it s a prime vehicle that many states and many physicians can use to really diminish the overdose and the addiction that we ve seen with these
stockpile opioids. opioids that can be questioned a powder or liquefied. they are tracking wholesale distribution better and are enforcing criminal penalties. and one effective deterrent continues unabated. just the last week in march, three more lawsuits were filed against distributors, accusing them of flooding the state of west virginia with highly addictive prescription pain medications. the suits seek damages for treatment, prevention, and hospitalizations. they don t even mention the untold number of deaths which have a occurred here. bret: amazing. doug mckelway in west virginia. one expert saying, we are erasing, essentially, whole generation of middle america. tomorrow, kristin fisher takes a look at the economic followed of the opioid epidemic as our series continues. north korea threatens to nuke the u.s. what should president trump do about it? we ll get reaction from the panel when we come
stockpile opioids. opioids that can be questioned a powder or liquefied. they are tracking wholesale distribution better and are enforcing criminal penalties. and one effective deterrent continues unabated. just the last week in march, three more lawsuits were filed against distributors, accusing them of flooding the state of west virginia with highly addictive prescription pain medications. the suits seek damages for treatment, prevention, and hospitalizations. they don t even mention the untold number of deaths which have a occurred here. bret: amazing. doug mckelway in west virginia. one expert saying, we are erasing, essentially, whole generation of middle america. tomorrow, kristin fisher takes a look at the economic followed of the opioid epidemic as our series continues. north korea threatens to nuke the u.s. what should president trump do about it? we ll get reaction from the panel when we come back.
at the pentagon. the very place that started this entire journey for him. i have 40 to 50 people that come every thursday at noon. i think it s a big statement. when you look at someone who is working at the pentagon to give you give you an hour of their time, i think that s a big statement. inhale, rise up. john says his class is a mix of active and retired military as well as sieve inn i i willians. the va estimates as many as 20% returning from iraq and afghanistan are suffering from ptsd. downward facing dog. so in a move to cut down on prescription pain medications, the u.s. veterans health administration, incorporating yoga into alternative therapy programs to treat ptsd. it worked for john. i was excited about it. i think, you know, one of the things out of 9/11 and, you