Opioid War
Among with wars in Syria and Ukraine, Afghanistan and Iraq, and many other wars, people all over the world are fighting in the Opioid war. Yes, it is a war; because people fight for their family, friends, relatives, and fellow citizens. America is now in top five opioid countries in the world based on the consumption of opioids, in doses, per million people per day. This problem is huge and it is composed of the wide range of issues like prescription drugs, their advertisement and availability, and our culture, which probably plays the biggest role. People nowadays have a very wrong perception of drugs. That brings us into an epidemic with over hundred people dying from opioid-related drug overdose every day. A lot of countries decriminalized opioids for medical use hoping that will solve a lot of their problems. Some people support this movement and promote others to follow their path, others, on the other side, believe that decriminalizing drugs does not solve the issue. Decriminalizing drugs like opioids is covering the effect instead of fighting the cause of the huge problem. It reduces …show more content…
“America has about 4 percent of the world’s population — but about 27 percent of the world’s drug overdose deaths with 52,400 deaths in 2015.” (Lopez) This number is shocking, and it should be. We have the huge spike in the number of drug related deaths and it keeps growing. Now, it looks more like a war, with around 50,000 people dying. “The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented 55,219 deaths in Syria in 2015, marking the country's third deadliest year since the conflict erupted in 2011.” These numbers speak for themselves, we are in the war, and just like people in Syria, we have to fight, fight for our family, friends, and freedom, freedom from
Among with wars in Syria and Ukraine, Afghanistan and Iraq, and many other wars, people all over the world are fighting in the Opioid war. Yes, it is a war; because people fight for their family, friends, relatives, and fellow citizens. America is now in top five opioid countries in the world based on the consumption of opioids, in doses, per million people per day. This problem is huge and it is composed of the wide range of issues like prescription drugs, their advertisement and availability, and our culture, which probably plays the biggest role. People nowadays have a very wrong perception of drugs. That brings us into an epidemic with over hundred people dying from opioid-related drug overdose every day. A lot of countries decriminalized opioids for medical use hoping that will solve a lot of their problems. Some people support this movement and promote others to follow their path, others, on the other side, believe that decriminalizing drugs does not solve the issue. Decriminalizing drugs like opioids is covering the effect instead of fighting the cause of the huge problem. It reduces …show more content…
“America has about 4 percent of the world’s population — but about 27 percent of the world’s drug overdose deaths with 52,400 deaths in 2015.” (Lopez) This number is shocking, and it should be. We have the huge spike in the number of drug related deaths and it keeps growing. Now, it looks more like a war, with around 50,000 people dying. “The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented 55,219 deaths in Syria in 2015, marking the country's third deadliest year since the conflict erupted in 2011.” These numbers speak for themselves, we are in the war, and just like people in Syria, we have to fight, fight for our family, friends, and freedom, freedom from