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:
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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.
4 in 5 heroin users started out by misusing prescription opioids. Heroin-related deaths nearly quadrupled between 2002 and 2013.
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With no other disease do we expect people to wait until they're a danger to themselves or others to self-diagnose and seek treatment.
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Communities are showing that we should approach substance use disorders as an opportunity to intervene rather than a race to incarcerate.
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Addicts will become addicts, whether to meds or gambling or something else. Don't punish ppl in pain for that!
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@POTUS ppl who r leavin ignorant disrespectful tweets 2our PRESIDENT OF THE USA, urparents did a great job bringing u up! Your our future? -
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@POTUS until our approach to health & wellness changes, this is how things willl be.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@POTUS thank you for addressing this -
@Fieryreddragon@POTUS pill mills in FL didn't help - 1 more reply
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@POTUS @DrFriedenCDC How many were pushed to street drugs because their Dr's weren't allowed to treat their pain because of the DEA?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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