How medical cannabis could reduce pain | Matt Chalmers | TEDxUCincinnati
There is a Plague that is killing tens of thousands of people in America each year is leaving us with millions of decimated families who are having to deal with this problem on a daily basis.
The crisis I'm talking about is the Opioid Epidemic and also referred to as the Prescription Pain Medication Crisis. It is getting worse and worse every day and so we are dealing with this in the worst possible way. So I fully understand the scope of this and understand what's really going on. I want to share with you some Statistics from the Center for Disease Control or the CDC.
In 2018, we had 2 million people clinically addicted to opioids in the United States. However, because there are very few clinically or socially acceptable alternatives that number went from 2 million in 2018 to 3 million in 2022. I'll do the math for you that's 21,000 people added to the addicted list each month, every month for four years.
Dr. Matt Chalmers If you think that our Death numbers are even worse. In 2019, we lost 50,000 people to Opioid Overdose, and in 2020 we lost 70,000 people to
opioid overdose that's a 140% increase in one year.
I have been studying this plague and researching how we can turn this plague into simply a memory. It was truly an honor to be on the TEDx stage talking about the epidemic, and more importantly, bringing solutions to the forefront.
Check out the full talk from the TEDxUCincinnati YouTube Channel