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Opioid Epidemic - How big is the problem?
Addiction to opioid in the United States of America has been an issue of concern as it is
taking its toll to be one of the most abused drugs in the United States. One of the addictions
to opioids has become a concern in the United States through the 2018 statistics that
indicated that approximately 128 people die in the United States daily due to overdose
opioids (NIDA, 2018). The issue became an issue of national concern as the addiction, and
the worrying statistics impacted public health, a vital organ in the nation, social impact, and
economic impact. Economically, the issue is a financial burden as the United States typically
loses at least USD 78.5 billion per annum; thus, the problem is that it requires attention.
The people in the health profession have played a significant role in contributing to the
addiction of opioids in the United States. They have typically facilitated the drug's access to
people who are not using it for medical use but rather as a mild stimulant for their addiction.
The contribution can be attributed to pharmaceutical companies and doctors for their
aggressiveness in prescribing opioids to manage pain rather than using other methods such as
therapeutic methods to manage pain (DeWeerdt, 2019). With the increased prescription from
the doctors' side and the manufacture of opioids from the pharmaceutical industries side, the
patients tend to rely on the opioid rather than alternative methods to manage pain. After a
period of drug usage, they become addicted to the extent they overdose on the drug to the
point others die due to the drug's excessive intake.
The public policies that have been taken into action include easy access to
naloxone, an opioid reversal drug, by establishing a protocol that should be followed. There
are also Constraints on how much of an opiate can be administered in the first place to avoid
misuse and any addiction. Advocacy for laws requiring prescriptions to be transmitted
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electronically track records of how the drug is being administered to avoid falsified
prescriptions.
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Reference
DeWeerdt, Sarah (2019). Tracing the US Opioid Crisis to its Roots Retrieved from
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02686-2
NIDA (2018). Opioid Overdose Crisis Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-
Topics/opioids/opioid-overdose-crisis

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Opioid.docx

  • 2. 2 Running Head: OPIOID Opioid Epidemic - How big is the problem? Addiction to opioid in the United States of America has been an issue of concern as it is taking its toll to be one of the most abused drugs in the United States. One of the addictions to opioids has become a concern in the United States through the 2018 statistics that indicated that approximately 128 people die in the United States daily due to overdose opioids (NIDA, 2018). The issue became an issue of national concern as the addiction, and the worrying statistics impacted public health, a vital organ in the nation, social impact, and economic impact. Economically, the issue is a financial burden as the United States typically loses at least USD 78.5 billion per annum; thus, the problem is that it requires attention. The people in the health profession have played a significant role in contributing to the addiction of opioids in the United States. They have typically facilitated the drug's access to people who are not using it for medical use but rather as a mild stimulant for their addiction. The contribution can be attributed to pharmaceutical companies and doctors for their aggressiveness in prescribing opioids to manage pain rather than using other methods such as therapeutic methods to manage pain (DeWeerdt, 2019). With the increased prescription from the doctors' side and the manufacture of opioids from the pharmaceutical industries side, the patients tend to rely on the opioid rather than alternative methods to manage pain. After a period of drug usage, they become addicted to the extent they overdose on the drug to the point others die due to the drug's excessive intake. The public policies that have been taken into action include easy access to naloxone, an opioid reversal drug, by establishing a protocol that should be followed. There are also Constraints on how much of an opiate can be administered in the first place to avoid misuse and any addiction. Advocacy for laws requiring prescriptions to be transmitted
  • 3. 3 Running Head: OPIOID electronically track records of how the drug is being administered to avoid falsified prescriptions.
  • 4. 4 Running Head: OPIOID Reference DeWeerdt, Sarah (2019). Tracing the US Opioid Crisis to its Roots Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02686-2 NIDA (2018). Opioid Overdose Crisis Retrieved from https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug- Topics/opioids/opioid-overdose-crisis