The United States has 5% of the world’s population and uses 80% of the world’s prescription opioids.

The United States has 5% of the world’s population and uses 80% of the world’s prescription opioids. What’s up with that? And how do other countries treat pain? The opioid epidemic has wreaked havoc in the United States, but have you ever wondered if the same is true in other countries? Researchers in the Netherlands set out to answer that question, designing a <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8316471/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">study</a> that analyzed opioid use and related adverse effects in 19 European countries between 2010 and 2018. They found that “Apart from the British Isles and especially Scotland, there is no indication of an opioid crisis comparable to that in the US in the 19 European countries that were part of this study.” <a href="https://medium.com/@cindyperlin_21743/the-united-states-has-5-of-the-worlds-population-and-uses-80-of-the-world-s-prescription-opioids-b891f0ecb11">Read More</a>