06-03-2016, 12:59 AM
(04-22-2016, 11:56 AM)Maggot Wrote:(04-22-2016, 10:55 AM)Midwest Spy Wrote:(04-22-2016, 10:46 AM)Maggot Wrote: I bet he was a druggy and was doing it for a long time.
You mean junkie or druggie (marijuana and/or prescription drugs)?
pills or H
Pills.
Prince died from an overdose of fentanyl, according to a report released by the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office today.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opiate that is about 80 times more potent than morphine and hundreds of times more potent than heroin, according to the CDC.
The medical talking heads have been highlighting the fact that Americans make up 4.6 percent of the world's population, but consume 80 percent of the world's opioids -- and 99 percent of the world's hydrocodone, the opiate that is in Vicodin.
I have never taken prescription pills, aside from a couple of Vicodins after I had my wisdom teeth pulled. I feel lucky; I see how easy it is to get hooked and how difficult it is to back off.
It's messed up that medicinal marijuana is still illegal in most of this country, while doctors can prescribe highly addictive drugs that make big money for the pharmaceutical industry without much oversight.
More people are dying per year in the U.S. from pain pill overdoses than car accidents now. It's an outrageously destructive first world problem that needs to be seriously addressed nationwide, in my opinion.
Refs:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/prin...5ebde4e695
http://abcnews.go.com/US/prescription-pa...d=13421828