"In 2012, there were enough opioid prescriptions issued - nearly 260 million - to give every man, woman and child in the country their own bottle of pills", said U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ).Bob needs to put down his drink, move away from the teen prostitutes and pay attention. The US population is more than 320 million now.
As I read the headline, that means that if someone is brought to their ER with the crushing pain of an MI, or 3rd degree burns, they will give him -- a Tylenol?
This should be a great hospital ER to avoid at all costs!
'Fractured tibia, sergeant'? 'Fractured tibia, sergeant'? Ooh. Proper little mummy's boy, aren't we? Well, I'll tell you something, my fine friend, if you fracture a tibia here you keep quiet about it! Look at him! (looks more closely) He's broken both his arms and he don't go shouting about it, do he? No! 'Cos he's a man - he's a woman, you see, so don't come that broken tibia talk with me. Get on at the double. One, two, three, pick that crutch up, pick that crutch right up.