opioid crisis — Volume 21, Issue 1 & 2

A Silent Killer in America: What Can Be Done to Deal With The Opioid Crisis Today

Prescribing painkillers proves to be a double-edged sword: although many patients might see an improvement in their lives, it can also lead to cases of addiction and overdose.

Pharmaceuticals, Public Health, Health ReformHHPRAugust 17, 2022Opioids, health crisis, medicine, opioid crisisComment

Medicalizing the Opioid Crisis: Limitations in Existing Interventions

Supply-side interventions developed to address the opioid epidemic ignore the social structures that created and perpetuated it, while also creating shifts in the opioid market correlated with movement away from natural opiates and towards increased usage of more potent heroin and synthetic opioids. As a result, this shift has led to rises in overall OUD-associated mortality rate.

Pharmaceuticals, Health Reform, Public HealthHHPRMay 16, 2022opioid, opioids, opioid crisis, opioid epidemic, medicalization, supply side intervention, iron law of prohibitionComment