Essays About Opioid Epidemic

It seems that as long as mankind has been present on this earth, our species has sought various forms of escapism. A lot of the times, this need to escape manifests in the use of drugs. Whether it was marijuana and other hallucinogenic drugs of...

How can we curb opioid abuse in America? To answer this question, we need to find out why people use opioids in the first place. One reason is that they are easily accessible. A family member could have some that a young adult could reach...

Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational corporation based in New Brunswick, NJ founded in 1886 that develops medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods. The company was founded over 130 years ago by three brothers: Robert Wood Johnson, James Wood Johnson, and Edward Mead...

On March 19, 2014, 26 year old Jessie Yasenchok was found dead in her apartment by local police in Elizabethtown, New York. Further investigation revealed the cause of death, an accidental overdose from her mother’s fentanyl patches, stolen from her car. The patches, which help...

Christopher was a great student and a star athlete. One day, he got in a car wreck, which left him with minor back pain that remained after the car crash. Because of this back pain, he was prescribed opioids to help with the pain. Christopher...

What is a huge epidemic running rampant in our world today? For many, the answer would not be addiction. Epidemics are battles against viruses, flus, and other common ailments that haunt our daily lives. Opioid addiction is the physical and mental state of dependence on...

Countering the Wave of Addiction: Suboxone Opioid epidemics across the world create significant problems for infrastructure and regulation in governments. Suboxone is a drug that has recently been introduced to assist drug addicts with their addiction. Drug addiction has been rising exponentially as more users...

The Opioid epidemic has always been an issue, however, more light has been shed on it as of late, as Congress is close to passing a bill that would fund at least 1 billion dollars to address the heroin epidemic. However, the concern is due...

As Trump’s presidency continues to go on it is faced with the daunting task of curing the opioid epidemic that plagues the world of today. With that come questions about whether he is keeping his promises and helping America grow stronger as a country. Persecuting...