Five Startling Facts About Painkillers!

A list of Facts About Painkillers many people do not – but need to – know:

1.Forty-five people die every day from opioid prescription painkillers – more deaths than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.

2.In 2010, enough prescription painkillers were provided to medicate every American around the clock for an entire month.

3.More than 70 percent of people who abused prescription pain relievers got the pills from friends or relatives. Only about 5 percent got the painkillers from a drug dealer or from the Internet.

4.The U.S. contains only 4.6 percent of the world’s population but consumes 80 percent of the world’s opioids and 99 percent of the world’s hydrocodone.

5.One in eight high school seniors admit to using prescription painkillers recreationally.