Top 10 Terrifying Facts About The Current Opioid Epidemic

While there are other countries that have opioid problems, Americans purchase about 80 percent of the world's supply of opioids and Americans abuse them more than anyone else. In 2014, an estimated 2 million Americans had an opioid use disorder, this includes using painkillers like OxyContin and Percocet, and then another 586,000 people are addicted to heroin. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Help us translate our videos: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_queue?msg=10&tab=0 - Learn more why you might want to help: http://ift.tt/1l7FnjV Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Subscribe to our Facebook: http://ift.tt/1QRrRgJ Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Other TopTenz Videos: Top 10 Bizarre Ways Pharmaceutical DRUGS Change the ENVIRONMENT https://youtu.be/kTJuJ96LP8o?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnKNxJ-0WBuO_bl54ynbD6o- What Would Happen in a World WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS https://youtu.be/NilGrhbmhtE?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnKNxJ-0WBuO_bl54ynbD6o- Coming up: 10. Its Availability is Built on Faulty Science 9. Can be a Gateway Drug to Heroin 8. What is Fentanyl? 7. It Was Fueled In Part by the War on Drugs 6. Could Lead to Dozens or Even Hundreds of HIV Outbreaks 5. It's Hard to Get Treatment 4. More People Die from Overdoses than Car Crashes and Gunshots 3. Enough Prescriptions for Opioid Painkillers Are Written Every American Adult to Have Their Own Bottle 2. The Opioid Orphans 1. Purdue Pharma Source/Further reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgyuBWN9D4w http://ift.tt/1boaQGM http://ift.tt/2udjdTz http://ift.tt/WLrHiz http://ift.tt/2udxRuc http://ift.tt/2qOdKkD http://ift.tt/2hdeSMg http://ift.tt/2on1Xai http://ift.tt/1MfGRkL http://ift.tt/1Xl6cB0 http://ift.tt/2qpFiev http://ift.tt/2rB3D2U http://ift.tt/2ud6CzI http://ift.tt/2uG0Ngy http://ift.tt/2udB4Ki http://ift.tt/2uGjiRX http://ift.tt/2ud9qwV http://ift.tt/2uGdZSs http://ift.tt/2udzyaW http://ift.tt/2uGnRM4 http://ift.tt/2udwgEN http://ift.tt/2uFPMfe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgyuBWN9D4w http://ift.tt/2udBoIP http://ift.tt/2uG3JKe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__d807YgX3k http://ift.tt/1NR6YQ6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOqpNkxw6Tg http://ift.tt/2uG7Yp5