Opioids Do More Harm Than Good Essay

The 5 things health experts said were bad for you in 2616 are Alcohol, Opioids, Distracted Walking, Deep Space, and Marijuana. Alcohol causes 7 different types of cancer. They are Mouth cancer, Pharyngeal cancer (upper throat), Oesophageal cancer (food pipe), Laryngeal cancer (voice box), Breast cancer, Bowel cancer, and Liver cancer. Alcohol also causes more fatalities than overdoses from prescription painkillers. Opioids do more harm than they do good. During the research, injured rodents that were given morphine were more sensitive to pain in the long run. Opioids are used to reduce pain, not to amplify pain. Distracted walking is a growing concern. In 2013, 6,100 pedestrians were killed by motor vehicles. That same year, about 160,000 pedestrian …show more content…
It causes cognitive impairment and dementia. Astronauts that flew to the moon are 4x more likely to die of heart disease. Of the 7 included astronauts, 43% died from cardiovascular disease. Marijuana is a drug that reduces blood flow to the brain. Some short term side effects are: Short-term memory problems, Severe anxiety including fear that one is being watched or followed (paranoia) Very strange behavior, seeing, hearing or smelling things that aren’t there, not being able to tell imagination from reality (psychosis), Panic, Hallucinations, Loss of sense of personal identity, Lowered reaction time, Increased heart rate (risk of heart attack), Increased risk of stroke, Problems with coordination (impairing safe driving or playing sports), Sexual problems (for males), and Up to seven times more likely to contract sexually transmitted infections (for females). Long term side effects are: Decline in IQ (up to 8 points if prolonged use started in adolescent age), Poor school performance and higher chance of dropping out, Impaired thinking and ability to learn and perform complex tasks, Lower life satisfaction, Addiction (about 9% of adults and 17% of people who started smoking as