FACTS
THE PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG PROBLEM
If you go to see a psychiatrist, chances are you will leave with a prescription.
Here are the stats:
1 in 4
AMERICANS
are reported to be taking psychotropics, with antidepressants being the most common of the drugs
80,223,280
ON PSYCHOTROPICS
in the US in 2017, with 3.2 million of them being under the age of 12 years
50%
MORE DIED
from psychiatric drug overdoses in the US than from heroin overdose
57
MILLION
prescriptions were filled in 2014 in the UK, enough for every man, woman and child
$88
BILLION
is spent internationally on psychiatric drugs in one year
STOP PSYCHIATRIC ABUSE
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