Opioid addiction is so prevalent in the healthcare system because of the countless number of hospital patients being treated for chronic pain. While opioid analgesics have beneficial painkilling properties, they also yield detrimental dependence and addiction. There is a legitimate need for the health care system to provide powerful medications because prolonged pain limits activities of daily living, work productivity, quality of life, etc. (Taylor, 2015). Patients need to receive appropriate
importance of Global health issues that are affecting not only Washington, is spreading around the world. One global health issue is the Zika Disease, that has spread throughout the NorthWest and Southern states. Another, global health issue is the drug dependency in Washington that sky rockets each following year. Every state has different global health issues, affecting the state differently. Washington 's global health issues are widely spreading to thousands of people, that are putting a toll
English 12 Acevedo 9 November 2017 Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic Does one know about the prescription drug abuse epidemic our country is currently facing? Prescription drug abuse doesn’t discriminate, as it affects people of all ages, races, genders, and socioeconomic status. So what is causing this Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic? A prescription drug also known as a pharmaceutical drug is used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Prescription Drug Abuse is known for being commonly recognized
The accessibility to drugs has become increasable easy for individuals to become addictive or unintentional overdose. Most noticeable of addictive drugs within last decades has been heroin and prescription drugs. Lately heroin has become the drug of choice although is listed as extremely dangerous. Between the years of 2000 and 2013 the increase of drug-poisoning deaths due to heroin is insurmountable. In fact, according to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, there are several
a range of drugs – from morphine and heroin to painkillers such as oxycodone – claim nearly 70,000 lives each year ( UN health agency). With a constantly increasing rate, drug addiction has become an epidemic. Opiates are now the common choice of drug and is accumulating deaths by the thousands. Heroin, which is derived from the poppy plant and is the recreational form of morphine, is leading the statistics in deaths among opiates and has evolved from a drug choice of “bums” to the drug choice of
from accidental overdose is extremely unnerving. One of the biggest issues the world is facing in the 21st century is prescription opioid and illegal drug abuse. Unfortunately, this lethal dilemma is not publicized in the media as much as other things such as celebrity drama, cancer prevention, or the newest fitness craze. The notorious opioid epidemic is in full swing and has effected individuals from all religions, cultures, and genders. Although it may seem like a collective issue, adolescents are
Volkow, N. D. (2014, June 24). Nora's Blog What Can We Do About the Heroin Overdose Epidemic? | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/noras-blog/2014/06/what-can-we-do-about-heroin-overdose-epidemic Nora D. Volkow, M.D., Born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico is a Mexican-American psychiatrist. She became Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health in May 2003. Dr. Volkow attended
The Rising Death of Opioid Users Objective Misuse, abuse, and diversion of prescription drugs is a large and growing public health problems that have resulted in an overdose epidemic.( Hirsch) Drug overdose is an important, yet an inadequately understood, public health problem. There has been a substantial increase in drug overdose incidence and prevalence in several countries worldwide over the past decade, contributing to both increased costs and mortality. Most studies on longitudinal trends
Narcotic abuse has become a scary epidemic in today’s society. More and more people are sucked into the horrible addiction. An addiction is an actual disease that occurs in the brain. Many times these drugs affect the brain and in result, cause the addiction to occur. More and more there are people coming into the hospital from a heroin overdose, are released from the hospital, go back out, and inject the drug. The drug is so powerful that these individuals do not see what is happening to them as
dragon, most know it as heroin, is an opiate that is an extremely addictive class one drug. Heroin is known as chasing the dragon because, when you first use heroin, you feel euphoria. You keep trying to get more and more of the drug to feel the same feeling you did the first time you used heroin, but it is never the same because your body has created a tolerance for the drug. Therefore, you are chasing a drug that is very destructive and bigger than yourself, just like a dragon. You are chasing