The Drug Dealers Responsible For The Opioid Crisis Are Not Just On The Streets, They Are In Doctor’s Offices

SAN DIEGO, April 29, 2018 -- HeroinDetoxClinics.com reports on the new alarming figures about the opioid epidemic. The United States, which has less than 5% of the world’s population, is responsible for taking about 80% of the world’s supply of prescription opioids (Manchikanti & Singh, 2008). Over a 10 year period from 1992 to 2012, opioid prescriptions increased by 170 million, going from 112 million to 182 million.

The Drug Dealers Responsible For The Opioid Crisis Are Not Just On The Streets, They Are In Doctor’s Offices

It is not uncommon for a doctor to write a patient a post-surgery pain medication prescription for 90 days. What often happens is that the patient takes the meds for 3-7 days and then switches to an over the counter pain medication such as Tylenol. That leaves a whole lot of unused pills, dangerous and highly addictive opioid pills. Studies have shown that approximately 80 percent of opioid addicts start with pain medications.

Around 60 percent of those people are using their own prescription, and the remaining 20 percent are abusing someone else’s. Tolerance for pain medication can build up quickly leading to taking more and more which is where the abuse and addiction starts.

Out of the 93 million prescription written 3 years ago, 11 million of those taking the prescription became addicted to opioids. Heroin is much cheaper and easy to get so when the prescription runs out, the opioid addicted becomes a heroin addict.

There are regulations being put in place that will limit the number of days a prescription can be written for, usually 7 will be the maximum allowed. A growing number of states are also implementing a drug prescription database so that doctors can look up a patient and see what other prescriptions have been written so far. There are task forces being formed to target opioid manufacturers and distributors.

The free form of unlimited pain medication prescriptions are finally being regulated so that many potential addictions can be cut off before they start. Opioid manufacturers, distributors and doctors are starting to be held accountable to follow rules and laws that will hopefully start to curb this crisis killing our nation. When there is an average of 115 deaths a day due to opioid overdose, it is time to make as many changes as possible until this epidemic is safely under control.

Heroin Detox Clinics provides information about opioid/opiates abuse and how to receive heroin addiction treatment across the U.S. To find out more about option for substance abuse or a heroin addiction, contact the company listed.

Author: William Leonard
Organization: HeroinDetoxClinics.com
Address:  402 West Broadway, #400, San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: 888-325-2454

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