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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Two out of three Americans now take medication every week

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:17.9

We know that health care costs and drug prices are out of control.

0:22.3

We've got millions of Americans on multiple medications, and we should be asking why drugs cost so much,

0:29.2

whether the system is working for everyday families instead of for big pharma profits.

0:34.6

It's a new survey that came out and they said the six and ten adults around

0:39.3

60 percent take at least one prescription medication about 36 percent of adults reported taking

0:46.1

three or more prescription drugs in the past year yeah no keep in mind you said that the survey was done

0:52.8

of adults and so that means people 18 plus.

0:55.3

So while you say that 60% of Americans are taking a prescription medication on a regular basis,

1:01.1

that includes very young people who traditionally don't take a lot of daily medications.

1:06.6

People in their late teens and their early and mid-20s typically don't have a prescription that they're taking every day.

1:11.6

But they're getting lumped.

1:12.9

So if you were to look at, say, people over 35, my guess is if they were to break this down, that 60% number would be even higher than what it is and even more shocking than the headline leads you to believe.

1:23.3

Here you've got Kaylee Means.

1:24.9

He's the senior Maha advisor.

1:31.3

30% of teens in the United States are on a daily medication. Teen antidepressants.

1:33.3

Psychoactive drug has gone up 14,000% since 1987.

1:38.3

Antipsychotic medications among kids up 800% since 1995.

1:43.3

And stimulant prescriptions.

1:44.8

We are poisoning our kids with ultra-processed food, and then we are drugging them at rates

1:49.7

unseen in human history.

1:51.5

And to think that this does not have a link to other issues downstream of that would be

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