In my age group, mid 70's, I believe only about three or less out of ten people I know are not taking a prescription
drug for one thing or another, and I'm one of them. Practically everyone today seems to be sick, or at least have been told that they
are at risk for something and need to be treated with a dangerous drug. All drugs are poison by definition.
America is the
most prescription drugged country in the world - AND - we are the sickest by far with the shortest life expectancy among the developed
countries of the world.
The Drugging of America
19 Statistics - Almost - Too Crazy to Believe
The American people are the most drugged people in the
history of the planet. Illegal drugs get most of the headlines, but the truth is that the number of Americans that are addicted to
legal drugs is far greater than the number of Americans that are addicted to illegal drugs.
As you will see below, close to 70 percent
of all Americans are currently on at least one prescription drug. In addition, there are 60 million Americans that abuse alcohol
and 22 million Americans that use illegal drugs.
What that means is that almost everyone that you meet is going to be on something.
That sounds absolutely crazy but it is true. We are literally being drugged out of our minds. In fact, as you will read about below,
there are 70 million Americans that are taking mind-altering drugs right now. If it seems like most people cannot think clearly
these days, it is because they can't.
We love our legal drugs and it is getting worse with each passing year. And considering the fact
that big corporations are making tens of billions of dollars peddling their drugs to the rest of us, don't expect things to change
any time soon. The following are 19 statistics about the drugging of America that are almost too crazy to believe
#1 An astounding 70 million Americans are taking legal mind-altering drugs right now.
#2 According to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, doctors wrote more than 250 million prescriptions for antidepressants during 2010.
#3 According to a study conducted
by the Mayo Clinic, nearly 70 percent of all Americans are on at least one prescription drug. An astounding 20 percent of all
Americans are on at least five prescription drugs.
#4 Americans spent more than 280 billion dollars on prescription drugs during 2013.
#5According to the CDC, approximately 9 out of every 10 Americans that are at least 60 years old say that they have taken at least one
prescription drug within the last month.
#6 There are 60 million Americans that abuse alcohol.
#7 According to the Department of Health
and Human Services, 22 million Americans use illegal drugs.
#8 Incredibly, more than 11 percent of all Americans that are 12 years
of age or older admit that they have driven home under the influence of alcohol at least once during the past year.
#9 According to
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is an unintentional drug overdose death in the United States every 19 minutes.
#10 In
the United States today, prescription painkillers kill more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined.
#16 Children in the United States are three times more likely to be prescribed antidepressants as children in Europe are.
#17 A shocking
Government Accountability Office report discovered that approximately one-third of all foster children in the United States are on
at least one psychiatric drug.
#18 A survey conducted for the National Institute on Drug Abuse found that more than 15 percent of all
U.S. high school seniors abuse prescription drugs.
#19 It turns out that dealing drugs is extremely profitable. The 11 largest
pharmaceutical companies combined to rake in approximately $85,000,000,000 in profits in 2012.