Opioid Crisis Almost Hit Germany man with his head down on table with pills spilled out of their respective bottles

Opioid Crisis Almost Hit Germany

Data shows that an estimated ten times as many Americans as Germans died as a result of opioid drug use in 2016. While it is true that U.S. doctors prescribe more pain pills (primarily oxycodone and hydrocodone) than their German counterparts, experts say that the U.S. opioid crisis boils down to more than over-prescribing.  …