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Does America have a pill popping problem?

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    Study: U.S. consumes 80 percent of world's painkillers

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According to a new report Americans that it's an 80% of the opiate painkillers -- in the world right.

That includes drugs like coding oxy code and hi Dakota and -- and -- the that's better description of drugs the fastest growing problem in the US have more overdose deaths that heroin and cocaine combined Larry.

These -- the numbers so high because -- Are we do we're Americans and we should have whatever we want to take our pain away you can do all the work in this world in which he comes -- I know you -- like -- that's an example of why we have the best health care system in the world.

We do we we we have the best research facilities we have the best doctors and we of the best methods of believing and so what's wrong with that hospital bills will come from Canada Mexico in -- But the star here amending the -- exactly I would you know.

Yeah I know it's good stuff and and -- it's not a matter excited about -- and wait and listen we're chugging along our economy is don't know -- -- in the tank.

Anyhow I can maybe this is a problem this is a problem man had 80% -- this it's one of those statistics that makes great television but.

It's like saying we I believe it and I think -- hitter bar I have and I'm obviously of the period on the -- -- he's been in.

That's a quote I recently saw an ad just the other day it was firm massage or something and the headlines at some tonight.

I you haven't felt this relax and pop -- a bottle -- -- a bottle of pills from he had with anti taken out that's right it's -- it's become commonplace and it's just acceptable behavior and it.

Not I mean.

So I didn't -- go in I don't all the drugs that -- pills are the ones that we most comfortable with -- has told that we -- but once though that tool menstrual bulls uniform you're getting ahead I'm sort of helps and I may be old -- you remember when you were allowed to.

To have a doctor's like a fake doctor -- with candy and -- they stop doing that now.

As people kids -- take the wrong -- but you get a doctor's kit with a stethoscope and -- like little tic -- bay yeah little Red Cross on I was -- by the way the massage ads I see look nothing like yeah.

So why do you say they haven't asked principle that there -- -- -- So.

Yeah.

I bet it's essential all body and -- -- finance bill you don't believe in painkillers because you have to take it with solid food which you don't eat to feel like you have to get to work.

Yeah.

-- -- -- Is like.

Americans could well Americans could soon.

The -- opiate based pain killers do it just say that Americans examples opium of the eighty days it could read what people are given that -- -- -- -- get into the -- part of the whatever else is -- that pale pretty consumed opium.

-- -- -- -- I know behind the same thing yeah I guess it is it's all the same blue -- fight -- Permanente and always drug companies like white said of the -- small movement all the money.

I mean cracked his regular billion dollars -- -- to get him out there like if we make an omen -- -- -- the grandmothers but did that I can't tell everybody they went into the act Canada and America on that.

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