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By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

According to the U.S. surgeon general, more Americans now use prescription opioids than smoke cigarettes.¹ This makes sense when you consider prescriptions for opioid painkillers rose by 300 percent between 2000 and 2009,^2,3 and Americans now use 80 percent of all the opioids sold worldwide.⁴

In Alabama, which has the highest opioid prescription rate in the U.S., 143 prescriptions are written for every 100 people.⁵ A result of this over-prescription trend is skyrocketing deaths from overdoses.^6,7

The most common drugs involved in prescription opioid overdose …read more

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