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Americans Are Unhappy And The Opioid Epidemic May Be A Factor

For the third straight year, the U.S. has dropped in the rankings of the World Happiness Report.

From 2011 to 2016, Black Americans experienced the sharpest rise in fentanyl-related deaths with a 141% increase.

A recent op-ed explored how the opioid epidemic may be driving down the number of employees in the US workforce.

Many women who experience violence and other traumatizing situations use opioids to self-medicate, an expert suggests.

The lawsuit names the multinational company as a “top supplier, seller and lobbyist” for prescription opioids.

Ohio’s prescription drug monitoring program played a major role in the state’s success. 

The number of doctors starting patients on opioid prescriptions also significantly declined.

Fewer than 7% of US physicians currently have the DEA waivers necessary to prescribe buprenorphine.

The clinic is the brainchild of a registered nurse who has been sober for 13 years. 

The judge presiding over the trial said that the doctor had an established record of unscrupulous prescribing practices. 