“A good percentage of those drug overdoses are a result of prescription drugs. Many Americans are over prescribed”
I’m not sure that’s that big a problem. I’m more concerned about people who need pain meds but can’t get them because of government interference making it too difficult. Go after the illegal drugs, but allow people who need meds get what they need.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-tom-petty-overdose-death-20180119-story.html
Tom Petty died last year because of an accidental drug overdose that his family said occurred on the same day he found out his hip was fully broken after performing dozens of shows with a less serious injury.
...The coroner’s findings showed Petty had a mix of prescription painkillers, sedatives and an antidepressant. Among the medications found in his system were fentanyl and oxycodone. An accidental overdose of fentanyl was also determined to have killed Prince in April 2016.
Petty suffered from emphysema, a fractured hip and knee problems that caused him pain, the family said, but he was still committed to touring.
He had just wrapped up a tour a few days before he died in October at age 66.
“On the day he died he was informed his hip had graduated to a full on break and it is our feeling that the pain was simply unbearable and was the cause for his over use of medication,” his family’s statement said, adding that he performed more than 50 concerts with a fractured hip...