Fentanyl

A lifeless mother suffers a heroin overdose. She lays comatose amid the aisle of a Massachusetts Family Dollar, and the morose ululation of her daughter erupted upon social media, for a bystander recorded the distressing incident. A hopeful young man, one week following his rehabilitation discharge, died inside of his Colorado home, allegedly overdosing on a fatal sedative and opioid overdose. (The Opioid Crisis, Peter Katel). The heroin and opioid crisis continually fluctuates within the United…

Schedule, one is for drugs that are not used for medical treatment, these would-be heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine. Schedule two are drugs with a high potential for abuse which includes the drugs cocaine, Vicodin, dilaudid, Demerol, OxyContin, fentanyl, Dexedrine, Adderall, and Ritalin. Schedule three is defined as drugs with moderate to low potential for abuse by patients. Medications in this schedule include testosterone, Tylenol with codeine, and anabolic steroids. Schedule four is…

Recently in Sacramento County, there were five cases that were related to street sold painkillers (Sac Bee, 2016). Fentanyl has been laced into many Norco’s which are being sold on the street and are commonly abused (Sac Bee, 2016). She has tested the five bodies that were discovered, and has stated that she cannot confirm that these individuals were absolutely killed…

Basic Demographic Information: The location of this political speech will be in the Lorain County area, just west of Cuyahoga County, where Cleveland resides. The type of economy in Lorain County revolves around the industrial side with a ton of blue-collar work and other important trades. The population is around 306,000, and the medium household income is $52,465. Along with being part of the 55th district of Ohio, the major cities consist of Elyria, Lorain, Oberlin, Wellington, Avon,…

In 2016 opioid related deaths jumped by 21 percent and synthetic drug overdoses , such as fentanyl, nearly doubled since the previous year (Etter). “More than 200 States and localities” are suing companies who developed these medicals drugs, accusing them of mishandling these powerful drugs (Etter). This misconception of the developers led to…

I am writing to complain about inappropriate behavior and lack of proper care for my mother, Reatha Davis during a prior lung biopsy procedure performed on February 28, 2018 (her birthday) by Dr. Amir Kashefi (Taghipour), diagnostic radiologist and a practicing nurse by the name of Donna Patak-Robbins. The doctor was scheduled to perform CT-Guided Biopsy (needle point). Prior to the day of the procedure, my mother had just completed high doses of CHEMO and radiation treatments. Life for my…

Stop Heroin Addiction, loss of innocence, morbidity, failure and death are just a few of the many words that come to mind when I think of drug and alcohol abuse, specifically pertaining to my family. Growing up, it was habitual by nature for me to pray I wouldn’t have to see my uncles under the influence of crack cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, or alcohol. The first and most prevalent and obvious issue that I could see was alcohol. At family get togethers, my uncle Seth would hide flasks…

The article Ottawa must act quickly on opioid crisis by Tara Gomes, illustrates the catastrophe caused by the substantial amounts of opioids that are being distributed within Canada. There are various issues surrounding the opioid battle, ranging from abuse of opioids, to policies which have been implemented with the intention to resolve this crisis. Society has yet to acknowledge the outcomes from the drug opioids, as a crisis. Preventable measures could have been taken before the problem of…

Toledo has been facing lately. The big problem that Toledo faces now is drug and alcohol abuse. The most common drugs you hear about in Toledo, Ohio is heroin, cocaine and china white. China white is a mixture of the drug heroin and the narcotic fentanyl. These common drugs along with alcohol is a common problem anywhere, but this is the biggest problem that Toledo faces right now. Drug and alcohol abuse can lead to many things, and it commonly leads to negative outcomes.There are several…

Drug Abuse states that the abuse of prescription drugs is most often the starting point to using intravenous drugs, especially for young people. With the seemingly ever present easy access to prescription drugs, and even easier access to heroin and fentanyl, IDUs and substance abusers remain at constant risk for hepatitis C and HIV infection. This is particularly true as many are simultaneously unaware of their status, and are less likely to be engaging in risk reduction measures and ongoing…