I don't think the average american uses that many pain pills.
OTC pain pills are a ~4 billion dollar industry. There are 320 million people so that's ~1$ / month in pain pill per person. And that's including both stuff that goes bad and is never used and daily Aspirin taken for cardiac health. https://www.chpa.org/OTCsCategory.aspx
5% of the population does take daily pain medication. At the same time it's common to go months without taking anything for pain.
OTC pain pills are a ~4 billion dollar industry. There are 320 million people so that's ~1$ / month in pain pill per person. And that's including both stuff that goes bad and is never used and daily Aspirin taken for cardiac health. https://www.chpa.org/OTCsCategory.aspx
5% of the population does take daily pain medication. At the same time it's common to go months without taking anything for pain.