Google – AFP, 2 July 2013
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A total of
6,631 women died from taking pills like Vicodin and Oxycontin
in 2010 (Getty
Images/AFP/File, John Moore)
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WASHINGTON
— US women are dying from overdoses of prescription painkillers at an alarming
rate, with five times more deaths in 2010 than 1999, the US Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention said Tuesday.
A total of
6,631 women died from taking pills like Vicodin and Oxycontin in 2010, four
times as many as died from heroin and cocaine combined, said the CDC Vital
Signs report.
In 1999,
1,287 women died from prescription painkillers. Overdoses of these drugs killed
almost 48,000 women between 1999 and 2010.
"These
are really troubling numbers," CDC director Tom Frieden told reporters,
noting that the deaths are "skyrocketing... at rates we have never seen
before."
While more
men actually die each year from prescription painkiller overdoses than women,
the rate of increase is much higher among women (400 percent rise) than men
(265 percent rise from 1999 to 2010).
As of 2007,
drug overdoses killed more women than car crashes, the CDC report found.
The highest
risk of dying from prescription narcotics or opiods was seen in women age
45-54.
Women may
be at particular risk when it comes to prescription painkillers because they
are more likely to suffer chronic pain than men, and they may become dependent
on them more quickly than men, the CDC said.
The CDC
said that deaths and hospitalizations have increased in direct proportion to
the boost in supply.
In 2011,
the CDC reported that opioid pain relievers, including oxycodone, methadone and
hydrocodone, have quadrupled in sales to pharmacies, hospitals and doctors'
offices since 1999.
Frieden
said the use of powerful prescription painkillers should be reserved for
special cases, like relief of severe cancer pain.
"In
many other situations the risks far outweigh the benefits," he said.
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Kryon Q&A
Question: Dear Kryon, I have read several accounts of people who had "died" and then returned to their bodies. In some of the accounts, they describe a very dismal place for those who committed suicide. Usually, they say that those who committed suicide are "stuck" there. Are these accounts true, or is this colored by the person's personal belief? What about those who don't commit suicide because they are depressed and can't continue on, but who "die in their cause", such as the terrorists who blew up the Twin towers or the suicide bombers in Israel? Or those who chose to take their lives because they have cancer and the pain becomes too much for them?
Question: Dear Kryon, I have read several accounts of people who had "died" and then returned to their bodies. In some of the accounts, they describe a very dismal place for those who committed suicide. Usually, they say that those who committed suicide are "stuck" there. Are these accounts true, or is this colored by the person's personal belief? What about those who don't commit suicide because they are depressed and can't continue on, but who "die in their cause", such as the terrorists who blew up the Twin towers or the suicide bombers in Israel? Or those who chose to take their lives because they have cancer and the pain becomes too much for them?
Answer:
Dear one, as we have mentioned before, the energy of suicide is a test for
those who remain, not for the one who committed the act. Indeed, the Human
Being has very strong survival instincts to keep him from doing this, but for
those who do, there is no stigma of dishonor or punishment. They are not stuck,
either. Most of the time this was a potential contract all along, and it prods
those around them to make decisions that they would never have had to do
otherwise.
Remember,
this is a test for all of you. When it's over, don't be shocked to return to
this side of the veil and find that there is no punishment or reward… only a
family who is appreciative of your journey, and of the energy it took to love
the earth and the Universe so much, that you went through it.
(from Lee) Kryon has explained near death experiences. You can read it at: [http://www.kryon.com/k_chanelphilly.html] Also, Kryon has mentioned death many times, and about how it relates to us. Check out the master index to find out what Kryon books these things are mentioned in: [http://www.kryon.com/direct.html]
(from Lee) Kryon has explained near death experiences. You can read it at: [http://www.kryon.com/k_chanelphilly.html] Also, Kryon has mentioned death many times, and about how it relates to us. Check out the master index to find out what Kryon books these things are mentioned in: [http://www.kryon.com/direct.html]
"THE THREE WINDS" – Feb 23-24, 2013 (Kryon Channelling by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Humanity, Home - other side of the veil, Wind of Birth - Birth, Wind of Existence - Life, Wind of Transition - Death)
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