why is America taking 80% of the worlds' painkillers?....
“why is America taking 80% of the worlds’ painkillers?...”
Because they’re free- the government pays for them and pays the doctor to prescribe them.
There’s a whole prescription drug-based economy in poor areas of the country that’s as big as the dollar-based one.
And no jobs.
Sure, other countries do the same but their populace is used to being serfs. We just can’t seem to get the hang of it.