U.S. adults who blame the pharmaceutical industry for the opioid epidemic as of 2017

This statistic displays the percentage of U.S. adults who blamed prescribing pressure from the pharmaceutical industry on doctors for the opioid problem in the United States as of 2017. According to the survey, 50 percent of survey respondents indicated that they blamed the pharmaceutical industry a lot for the opioid problem in the U.S. because they encouraged doctors to prescribe opioids. Opioids are a substance that act on opioid receptors in the brain and are primarily used as a pain relieving drug. Opioids are highly addictive and can cause fatal overdose when used outside of medicinal practices.

本统计数据显示，截至2017年，美国成年人中，将处方压力归咎于制药行业导致美国阿片类药物问题的比例。根据调查，50%的受访者表示，他们强烈认为制药行业应对美国阿片类药物问题负有责任，因为其鼓励医生开具阿片类药物。阿片类药物作用于大脑中的阿片受体，主要用于镇痛。阿片类药物具有高度成瘾性，且在非医疗实践中使用时可能引起致命的超量。