Hospitals are getting violent


“There is more violence than ever before. Nurses have been attacked, bitten, spit on, and choked. It’s partly because hospitals are no longer prescribing pain meds to addicts, and addicts can get very aggressive. It’s also because our mental health system is broken, so some of those people are coming into the hospital and acting out.” —John M. White, a hospital security consultant. Thankfully, science has figured out how to treat pain without addictive pain meds