Juvenile Opioid Abuse

Considerable cautions have been obtained throughout the United States to decrease the misuse of prescription opioids and helps to minimize opioid overdoses and related complications. Even though the pain medications have a significant part in the treatment of acute and chronic pain situations, it sometimes happen that the high dose prescription or the prescribed medications, without having enough monitoring, can create bad outcomes. It is always a dilemma for the providers to find who is really in need of pain medications and to identify those who are questionably misusing opioids.

Substance abuse disorders have been considered a major epidemic by public health authorities during this century. Most recently, those who use, and abuse opioids have been in the spotlight. The growing number of overdoses, deaths, and individuals who are identified as opioid abusers has, of late, been the subject of media attention. Now coined “The Opioid

The Heroin and Opioid Epidemic Northeast Ohio Community Action Plan is divided into four parts; Prevention and Education, Healthcare Policy, Law Enforcement and Treatment. This action plan was developed by many local hospitals including the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals as well with the Cleveland Division of Police, the Drug Enforcement Agency and many other health, law, and state agencies. This plan has immediate and long-term actions that will strengthen the community and bring the high rates of heroin related deaths down. This all starts with prevention and

In the online newspaper article, “Obama Seeks More Than $1 Billion To Fight Opioid Abuse” posted on nytimes.com, written by Gardiner Harris. In this newspaper article, writer uses several different types of claims to advance the writing. Additionally, the article also contain multimedia element to support the claims. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the different types of claims used by the writer and discuss how effectively writer used the claims to present the idea.

Opioids are making a resurgence in the black market, evident by the rapidly increasing opioid overdose rates in an increasing fatality count for Maryland every year. The state and local governments have been working to alleviate the issue with increased access to counteractive medications and required rehabilitation. This, however, is draining government funds only to stall, if not worsen, the problem. The best approach to stopping the opioid epidemic of Maryland is to take a similar approach to smoking in treating the situation as a matter of addiction instead of one of drug abuse.

With assistance from local educators such as Dr. Fagan and government policies could help bring awareness to opioid addiction to reduce and limit opportunities for misuse. Communicating this problem among healthcare physicians, providers, health departments can provide the public with information to help those with recovery and prevent further exposure. With effective communication, healthcare providers can spread knowledge, stories, break the stigma surrounding opioid use, and bring more discussion. “Children who learn about the dangers of drugs at home are up to 50 percent less likely to use drugs.”Therefore, we must start a conversation to break the stigma that affects individuals and families throughout our communities. Within the environment, some individuals may feel stigmatized by substance abuse which can be a barrier for those to seek help and contributes to poor mental and physical health ultimately increasing rates of relapse, delay recovery and increase involvement in risky

Opioid abuse is an epidemic that affects almost every family in the United States. According to Introduction to Public Health book, interventions should be developed to prevent the illnesses and injuries caused by drug abuse. “One approach is to think of prevention on three levels: primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention” (Schneider

It might be surprising to many but over the recent decades there has been an increasing amount of opioid use among adolescents. Thus, increasing the likelihood of addiction and recently it has become a major health care epidemic. Pursuing this further, such problems often occur because well-meaning doctors, eager to make patients more comfortable, repeatedly increase a drug’s dose, inadvertently increasing risk. Furthermore, although opioids can be dangerous experts believe that patients using opioids are at a lower risk when patients are monitored closely to make sure they are still benefiting from the drugs in terms of pain relief and physical function.

In the United States, more than 2 million people suffer from substance abuse disorders that correlate with use of prescription opioid painkillers. Over the past 15 years, overdose deaths due to prescription opioids have more than quadrupled. One of the underlying causes is the over prescription of pain relievers by physicians. This was demonstrated in 2013, with the writing of 207 million prescriptions for opioid pain relievers.

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The first written mention of opiates is believed to have come from third-century B.C. Greek culture and the writings of philosopher Theopphrastus. By this time, people had discovered that drying the poppy plant's extracted fluid created a highly powerful drug which would become known as opium. The first opiates are believed to have been cultivated during the Neolithic period in what is now known as Switzerland. The settlements in this area cultivated Papaver which was a source of poppy seeds. Many historians agree that these early individuals discovered the narcotic effect of the poppy plant and therefore were the first users of opiates (Rosen, 2009). Opiate analgesics have been used by humans for thousands of

Overdose rates peak in the first few weeks after release from jail or prison. In a study from Washington State, overdose mortality rates in recently released prisoners were 12-fold higher than what would be expected in similar demographic groups in the community. Overdose deaths have now become the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Without interventions, addicts are released in the community without the tools to maintain stable abstinence (Mitchell). The five day mandatory lock-up is a great beginning, but it’s certainly not the end. Drug addiction recovery is an ongoing process that takes time and commitment. Parent have to be willing to work just as hard at starving the addiction as the addict did feeding it. This means intervention, treatment, and constant supervision. Be tough on the addict now, and not have to bury them later. Combine these steps with the right amount of dedication and love. The work will be worth the

The United States is currently under an opioid epidemic where the abuse of opioids has increased significantly within the last 20 years. It is important to understand that relapse for opioid users is common. This problem has been around for a while; studies have shown that “higher recidivism proportions were found for shorter tenure clients” (Joe, Lloyd, Simpson, & Singh, 1982). Specifically, from 2002-2007 “nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers grew from 11.0 million to 12.5 million people in the United States” (Meyer, Patel, Rattana, Quock, & Mody, 2014). This trend shows that opioid abuse is a growing issue and it requires direct action. Research has disclosed that in 2011, 2.2 million Americans were in jail/prison, and “[o]f those

Don’t you hate it when you see someone that is going through a rough patch in their lives, and all you want to do is help, but don’t know how to help or if you even can help? Well, there is always a way to help someone, but it might be difficult, at first. There are several ways to help someone through a difficult patch in their lives, and all you have to do is talk to them. Talk to them and ask them what’s going on, and how you can help? At first, they might be oblivious about the fact that someone is trying to help them, but sooner or later, they will come around if they truly want help. Since starting this opioid unit, I have learned a lot about my community and the people that live in it. As a result of my work in this unit, I have

Don’t you hate it when you notice someone is in a rough patch in their lives, and all you want to do is help, but don’t know how to help or if you can help? Well, there’s always a way to help someone, but it might be difficult, at first. There are several ways to help someone through a difficult patch in their lives, and all you need to do is talk to them. Talk to them and ask them what’s going on, and how you can help? At first, they might be oblivious about the fact that someone is trying to help them, but sooner or later, they will come around if they truly want help. Since starting this opiate unit, I have learned a great deal about my community and the people who live in it. As a result of my work in this unit, I have paid more attention to the crisis in Scioto County, and have wanted to find a way to help. Let’s start by explaining what my experience has been with this unit, so far.