Abuse and addiction to opioids has reached epidemic proportions. In fact, more than six out of 10 people who died from drug overdoses in 2014, did so due to opioids. Contributing to these drug overdose deaths is the fact that prescription opioids are now big business with the amount sold in the United States nearly quadrupling since 1999. Everyday, 78 people in the United States die from abusing opioids, underscoring the severity of this problem that affects the social, health and economic welfare of society.