Heading to West Virginia today to talk about the epidemic of prescription drug abuse in America and what we can do to help. The facts:
120 Americans die every day from drug overdoses - most involving legal prescription drugs. That's more than from car crashes.
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Sales of powerful painkillers have skyrocketed. In 2012, enough prescriptions were written to give every American adult a bottle of pills.
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4 in 5 heroin users started out by misusing prescription opioids. Heroin-related deaths nearly quadrupled between 2002 and 2013.
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@POTUS yes, true, but Some of us have progressive illnesses, find cures maybe? Don't punish me for being sick? Good luckThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@POTUS what about space jam 2? -
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@POTUS hmm. I guess your police force needs policing too. Only in 2015 they killed 900+ people -
@Trollololed really? extra-judicial?@POTUS
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@POTUS let em know fam. - End of conversation
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