https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr How the american public is feeding into the crisis and how it is crippling our economy, stability, and health. en-us 2020-12-07 14:20:05 UTC 2020-12-10 17:46:24 UTC hello@padlet.com mazzab2 https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/994117555 This article explains and shows how the drug industry feeds the vulnerable and most likely to use their drugs, many of which have a lower income which drives them into homelessness. This is a major problem in a large cities where they cant control everything.]]> 2020-12-07 14:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/994117555 mazzab2 https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/994143913 As Philadelphia deals with poverty and homelessness the opioids shine through. They have one of the highest overdose rates in homeless community nearly 18% of their homeless community are dealing with or dealt with drugs (out of who they researched).]]> 2020-12-07 14:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/994143913 mazzab2 https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/995404265 NYU’s Stephen Morris explains how the main way addictions are fueled is constant cravings and the one thing different is many of the drugs make you brain think it is a need like water and you will die if it does not have it. ]]> 2020-12-07 18:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/995404265 mazzab2 https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/998204223 Most of the time Illegal drugs start with opioids and work themselves up. Most of the time painkillers are prescribed that in the beginning give a feeling of relief in that part of the body. Once it is healed you want the feeling in the rest of your body and to get better feelings of the opioids heroin and illegal drugs can give you that. ]]> 2020-12-08 14:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/998204223 mazzab2 https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/998244567 Portland’s overdose rate is 8%, the highest in the U.S. and in North America. Portland’s illegal drug trade in 2016 was higher than the drug trade in the late 90s (per capita). Portland as of now is in a better place but there overdose deaths as of now account of 13% nation wide. ]]> 2020-12-08 14:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/998244567 mazzab2 https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/999021520 The reasons opioids are so addictive is because the opioid receptors react more strongly with the opioids then endorphins (the body’s way to cope with pain) . And because of that the body wants more and more of it because it thinks it is endorphins. Once the addiction starts it could take months to fix. ]]> 2020-12-08 17:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/999021520 mazzab2 https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/999048059 Opioids are usually painkillers that deal with relaxation. On the other hand stimulants such as cocaine gives you hypers and more reactive to the world around you. Hallucinates such as weed, give you a false sense of reality, space, and time. All of these are addicting because they can trick your mind into giving something it can’t produce their for thinking it needs it and it can produce it.

]]> 2020-12-08 17:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/999048059 mazzab2 https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/999679465 New York’s senate is trying to figure out its state emergency and the opioid crisis. Much of the crisis is in the city but the crisis has spread to other parts of the states. The first step made was a multi billion dollar plan but was delayed, leaving lives on the line. ]]> 2020-12-08 19:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/999679465 mazzab2 https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/1002286027 The public health committee of UCLA showed how the crisis is thriving in their community. They account for 12% percent of overdose deaths in the country and 45% of overdose deaths in the state. They are making pushes to have illegal drugs checked on the Canadian border harder due to the fact most come from the north and smaller doses for painkillers. ]]> 2020-12-09 14:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/1002286027 mazzab2 https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/1004140295 Matt Ganem describes it as ‘you are living in hell.’ The symptoms are vomiting or diarrhea, extreme pain, you can either feel extreme hot or cold, and the worst anxiety. ]]> 2020-12-09 21:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/1004140295 mazzab2 https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/1006174468 The Brain reacts very differently to opioids than any other thing you can consume. Opioids as I said trick the brain to pain relief but one way it is different is it causes the brain into a hibernation state. When you are born you crave water and food from your DNA. But when you have Opioids the relief makes you think that the painkiller is saving you and you start to believe you cant live without them.]]> 2020-12-10 14:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/1006174468 mazzab2 https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/1006235730 The highest used drug in the graph is prescribed opioids. These drugs are legal making it harder for the government to stop their use unlike meth or cocaine. ]]> 2020-12-10 14:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/1006235730 mazzab2 https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/1006280886 The MRI shows how the frontal lobe has more action on drugs than not. This explains terrible decision making and the cases of being unaware of their surroundings.]]> 2020-12-10 14:36:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/1006280886 mazzab2 https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/1007176074 Illegal drugs are usually much harder to get and barely have enough to overdose. But Opioids such as coughing medicine are the most abused because they are the easiest to get. Although with a prescription pharmacy’s cannot deny pills or syrup. ]]> 2020-12-10 17:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/1007176074 mazzab2 https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/1007209969 The graph shows how much treatment is given once entered a help facility. It clearly shows not enough is not being done to heal people with their problems. The key is once someone is brought in, is to treat them. If not done properly it can cause a much worse addiction. ]]> 2020-12-10 17:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mazzab2/i1i7c368qro6flqr/wish/1007209969