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09/02/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Teen abuse of Xanax is skyrocketing across America as Big Pharma’s profits soar

Experts say that prescription drug abuse in adolescents has been dropping in recent years, but the number of young people who are addicted to Xanax and other benzodiazepines has actually been climbing alarmingly high in recent years. The Director of Adolescent Addiction Treatment at Boston Children’s Hospital, Sharon Levy, said that the use of benzodiazepines […]

08/04/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Confirmed: Radio legend Art Bell was killed by Big Pharma drug overdose

Autopsy results have confirmed that radio personality Art Bell is sadly yet another casualty of the prescription drug overdose epidemic plaguing America. On Wednesday, the Clark County Coroner’s office said that Bell died with a cocktail of prescription drugs in his system. The 72-year-old was found dead in the bedroom of his home on April […]

07/15/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Finally getting it: British government launches urgent review as research shows 1 in 11 are prescribed addictive meds

Thanks to the Daily Mail‘s efforts, the U.K. government has launched an urgent review into the growing crisis of prescription drug addiction. According to data, at least one out of 11 patients are prescribed “potentially addictive drugs” like sedatives, tranquilizers, and painkillers. The rates have gone up by a whopping 50 percent since 2000. Patients […]

04/13/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

Antidepressants the new OPIOIDS? Tens of millions of Americans are taking them, and many can’t quit

According to CDC statistics, more than 64,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose in 2016. As severe as it is, the opioid epidemic isn’t the only prescription drug problem plaguing America. Americans of all ages and walks of life are suffering from an anti-depressant crisis. Once started on prescription opioids or anti-depressants, many patients find relief from their symptoms […]

02/16/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Maker of highly addictive OxyContin says it will stop incentivizing doctors to push its deadly drugs

The opioid crisis has reached epidemic proportions in this country, with the number of deaths quadrupling since 2000, and around 115 people dying from overdoses each day. President Trump has declared the opioid crisis a national health emergency, and high schools across the country have started stocking up on the drug Narcan to try to […]

12/30/2017 / By S.D. Wells

America: Home of the HUMAN LAB RATS … Why prescription medications are mostly unsafe chemical experiments that worsen overall health

Most people think it’s completely normal to take prescription medications, believing that our bodies need synthetic, lab-made chemicals to balance or help control bodily functions or biological processes that aren’t performing properly. What other choices do we have, after all? Put it this way: Medical doctors go to college for eight years to learn how […]

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