businesses pay the price of opioid addiction as a result of shoplifting, the theft and robberies of individuals and businesses, and subsequent damages. The costs have been have been in the millions of dollars, in addition to the deaths of twenty thousand prescription drug abusers per year Ungar (2014). For the first time in 100 years, prescription drug overdoses are killing more people than are killed in car accidents Jay (2014). The Centers for Disease Control recently released a report stating that prescription drugs cause more overdose related deaths, than heroin and cocaine combined. Kentucky and West Virginia are consistently rated in the top ten of fatal drug overdoses involving pain killers every year. In 2010, there were 254 million
