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News | The News

Why are Americans in so much pain?

While the U.S. accounts for about 5 percent of the global population, its residents consume about 80 percent of the global supply of prescription opioids. The question becomes: Why are Americans in so much pain?

Health & Fitness | Health

Drug maker payments to doctors linked to higher opioid overdose deaths

This appears to be the first study to link opioid marketing to overdose deaths and is likely to cast the pharmaceutical industry in a still harsher light.