Top 5 Things You Need to Know About the Opioid/Fentanyl Epidemic
Top 5 Things You Need to Know About the Opioid/Fentanyl Epidemic
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This is the deadliest drug overdose crisis in history. From the basics, to the crisis, to the statistics, these are the need to know facts about the unprecendented crisis. WatchMojo counts down 5 things you need to know about the Opioid/Fentanyl Epidemic.
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In hindsight this should’ve been a top 10 rather than a top 5, but whatever works
This is why I refused pain killers after my surgery. Just a shot of novocaine and some ibuprofen for me.
Yeah, I'll stick with hard liquor on occasion, thank you.
I had to take Hydrocodene and tramadol for 5 months from two slipped disc which thankfully I didn't get surgery and therapy helped. I was cut off cold turkey and am now 9 days into sobriety. I don't know what addiction is like, but I understand the withdrawal it's horrible and it does mentally fuck with you. I had some thoughts of " I wonder if I could just take some from my mom." when I thought those I would just think about what bad shit could happen and just listened to mucis or doodle.
These are drugs that do help for pain, but my god do I understand how bad they are and how shitty our government is to allow this to happen. I know mentally most my pain is from not having it which I think the doctor should have tappered me off, but he just flat out cut me off. I thought I was gonna be fine. I'm not fine. My body hurts and it's changed me. Even when I get through this I have this fear of relapse, cause what if I have another disc problem? What if I need surgery?
These drugs should only be given to people who have chronic pain that cannot be helped by physical therapy. These drugs should not be given out for a sprained ankle. What they are doing now is bad. Taking people who need it off of them is not the answer. Helping those who became addicted recreationally and from a doctor's script to regain their lives and live without it.
Also, this shouldn't all have to be said if the government had legalized weed we would see a big drop in opiate use. Honestly, would there even be one if weed was legalized before Perdue went on there " Oxycontin is not addictive" campaign?
Legalize medical marijuana in every state of America…
You do realise those weren't opium poppies you showed in the beginning of this video….those were completely different poppies!
Requiem for a dream Deleted scenes
Devils breath?
2:06 I'd take him in off the streets.
The Crack/Cocaine epidemic in the 80s was called the War on Drugs. The Opioid/Fentanyl epidemic is considered a public health crisis. The principles are the same, but the victims are different. Some food for thought.
Seems like a self curing problem.
The most addictive drug on the planet is:
sugar.
The amount of people that die from diabetes and obesity related complications dwarf the ENTIRE illegal drug industry.
The whole world stops when white people start dying from stuff…….they pumped crack in the black community for years…..but little Billy and Rebecca start overdosing on horse tranquilizers and we get commercials and mojo list
Well, at least it gets rid of junkies. Good riddance.
My mom almost died from a fentanyl overdose. She had a knee replacement done and they used a 72 hour time released patch on her. It leaked and put her in a coma for 6 weeks. She has brain damage because of it.
Alcohol and sugar kill more people
I just want to try it at least once
They should use fentoyl as an execution drug, the police have tons of it just laying around so why not put it to good use snuffing out the lives of criminals who've been sentenced to die?
I'm surprised Trump didn't blame Muslims for this.
Epidemic? Call me a conspiracy theorist but I think it's just the gub'ment thinning the heard. I'm all for people being alive but if you're addicted to herion maybe society is better off without you.
Is this really a problem? In the UK, we just don't give crack heads jobs and we let them live in slums. Job done.
Also, there is a reason these are used… They're the only drug capable of stopping pain completely. I bet everybody with cancer or (severe) kidney stones or a slipped disk or anything else unbelievably painful would rather not be in pain, with the slight chance of becoming addicted and of course, the addiction can stop. Than to just be left squirming about on the floor in massive amounts of pain. I understand that in America powerful drugs are prescribed all them time and therefore people think the doctors do it to make more money, fair enough. However you can say no, they're not allowed to force it on you and if you're in that much pain, does it even matter. Don't blame the doctors or the government, blame the people addicted for misusing it, within reason of course.
Like, why are you behind removing them WatchMojo? What are you going to use instead, fucking paracetamol?
The withdrwal from an opioid is the most hellish Nightmare you can imagine. Especially once you have gone deep down the rabbit hole. To people that haven't experienced it please understand these people feel like they are dying when they stop and the mental withdrawals can last months even years. Do not fuck with opiotes kids the one drug that will grab you and never let go.
Mojo has had some doozies in the past regarding health issues, but they did their homework on this one. Well done.
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One of my best friends died from a heroin overdose. I know a lot of people who've died from this disease, I'm in recovery from other drugs. I wish people would have more compassion for addicts instead of throwing them in prison maybe help them.
91 deaths a day that's almost 2600 deaths a month and that equals to about 30,000 deaths A year, wow the death toll truly is unprecedented
Was that a warning or an advertisement at :55?
Everything in this video is a lie.
Opioids give all drugs a bad name. Psychedelic drugs r powerful tools that can change ur life for the best
Notifaction squad
so there is no drug problem in Canada eh?
Rip Lil Peep </3
don't want to get hooked or killed by drugs ??? DON'T FUCKING USE THEM!