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Causes of the US Prescription Drug Epidemic by Cleo Gib
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There is unquestionably a rise in the use of prescription drugs in the United States, one that has seen a rapid influx within just the last couple of years. This epidemic has resulted in a huge spike in prescription drug deaths in Cleveland, OH, and across the country. Here are some underlying causes of this prescription drug epidemic that can help you understand your path forward in pursuing justice for your lost loved one. Pharmaceutical Kickbacks This is a fancy phrase that essentially means that when a doctor prescribes a certain medication, the pharmacy that produces that medication puts some of the profits in the doctor's pocket. For as shady as that sounds, it’s considered normal in the medical industry. This reality has created an incentive across the board for some doctors to over-prescribe and mis-prescribe medication. One of these over-prescribed prescriptions is fentanyl, which is rivaling heroin for first place for the number of individuals that a recreational drug has killed in the United States in this past year. Drug Culture Is Changing The use of cigarettes is significantly less and less every single year among adolescents and young adults. Compare the numbers from 2015 to the 1960s, and there’s a significant difference. However, this is partly because the drug culture is shifting from cigarette use to pharmaceutical drug abuse among adolescents. It is becoming not altogether uncommon for young people to host parties centered around mixing pills and experimenting with different highs, rather than merely partaking of cigarettes and alcohol while underage. Mexican Drug Cartel The amount of manufactured pharmaceutical drugs that are killing people in the United States is so high in part because they’re also being manufactured illegally by the Mexican drug cartel and then shipped north over the Mexican border, then sold on the black market and eventually making their way into the hands of 20-somethings in places as far north as New Hampshire. If you are seeking justice for prescription drug deaths in Cleveland, OH, consider how these different conditions may have influenced the circumstances at hand. Help is a legal right within your reach.
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