HISTORY OF OPIOIDS

Ren in Opioid Crisis
November 5, 2018

Help from the Medical Industry—Some Hospitals and Doctors Now Addressing the Opioid Epidemic

The United States is struggling with a powerful addiction epidemic, a crippling health crisis revolving around drugs and alcohol. Is this a new problem? Not really.Addiction has been around for thousands of years. Maybe longer. But is this a new level of severity of the same old problem? Yes indeed.

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Sue Birkenshaw in Narconon
July 3, 2018

A Brief History of Painkiller Abuse

Americans’ problems with pain meds go back a century or more for medicinal purposes as well as recreational. The primary ingredient in the substances comes from the poppy plant which has been around for thousands of years. The active ingredient in painkillers is the drug Morphine.

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