the source about 4% of african americans taking an antidepressant is highly suspect seeing as in general they have the lowest rate of suicide, not to mention that extra benefits are dispensed if one claims they can't find work because of "depression"
Overperscription
 
average annual prescription rate for children/seniors in US 4 prescriptions per child age 0-18,31 per senior age 65+
http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/retail-rx-drugs-by-age/?currentTimeframe=0
 
story and link to study by Gordon Schiff about how doctors would rather prescribe medication rather than alternative cures (ie exercise, diet change, physical therapy etc.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hold-those-drugs-doctor-idUSTRE75C5K720110613
 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21670331
 
SSRI
 
Increasing Concern Over Antidepressant Overprescription
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/03/24/increasing-antidepressant-prescription.aspx#_edn2
 
 
14% of white people take antidepressants compared with just 4% of non-Hispanic blacks and 3% of Mexican Americans
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/astounding-increase-in-antidepressant-use-by-americans-201110203624
 
Psychiatrists who prescribe drugs for their patients now usually give more than one at a time, often with little scientific basis, researchers said. http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/GeneralPsychiatry/17785
 
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), mainstays of psychopharmacology, effectively eliminate suicidal ideation — not to mention feelings of exhilaration, caring, and desire. https://ssristories.org/study-ssris-cause-emotional-detachmentpersonality-changereduction-in-positive-emotion-bjp/
 
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C0qEmqbWQAARwhh.jpg
 
Study: More Than Two-Thirds of Patients on Anti-Depressants Not Depressed http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/23/study-two-thirds-patients-anti-depressants-not-depressed/
 
Women are far more likely to take a drug to treat a mental health condition than men: 29% of women on antidepressants vs. 15% of men http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s19032en/s19032en.pdf
 
https://www.cchrint.org/2011/11/18/americas-startling-use-of-mental-illness-drugs-by-the-numbers-a-nation-of-pill-poppers/
 
shitload of sources about how SSRI's only do marginally better than a placebo https://ssristories.org/?s=placebo
 
anecdotes/stories about links between SSRI use and violence/suicide
https://ssristories.org/lessons-from-ssri-stories/
 
Opioid
 
Almost All U.S. Doctors Are Overprescribing Narcotic Painkillers http://www.health.com/pain/nearly-all-u-s-doctors-overprescribe-addictive-narcotic-painkillers-survey
 
A 2008 study found minorities were less likely to receive opioids for pain in an emergency compared to whites http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160227/MAGAZINE/302279871
 
Growing pains: Long-term opioid prescriptions lead to addiction in 1/3 patients https://www.rt.com/usa/369845-opioid-addiction-survey-doctors/
 
30 states saw increases in overdose deaths resulting from the abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/12/16/drug-overdose-deaths-rise-significantly-in-past-5-years.html
 
http://sgtreport.com/2016/12/drug-companies-flooded-w-v-with-more-than-780-million-pain-pills-2/
 
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-va-hooked-veterans-on-opioids-then-failed-them-again-1483030270?mod=e2tw
 
shitload of stories about people dying after taking SSRI and painkillers at the same time https://ssristories.org/?s=painkiller