Opiate

In April 2011, President Obama addressed the issue in the White House position paper, Epidemic: Responding to America’s Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis. The Obama administration announced it would seek legislation-requiring doctors to undergo training before being permitted to prescribe potent narcotics (Smith 68). The current most popular solutions at any level have included solutions such as requiring physicians to gain certification of training in addictive mediation and applying a system of…

Is Medical Marijuana Safe? Marijuana or cannabis has been used for years recreationally which can prove to be harmful. However, it can be used in doses for the betterment of medical purposes and can be safer than opioids, it’s not just used by people looking to get high.. Although illegal, it has positive effects on the mind, body, diseases and is safer than lots of painkillers. Marijuana or cannabis is a flowering plant that was originally natural to central Asia and India, however has…

illness will attempt to stop using and detoxing on their own. Not only will this be a difficult task, but it comes with inherent risks. This would be especially true if your addiction covers a significant amount of time and involves substances like opiates or methamphetamine. A better and safer alternative would be seeking…

Heroin: A new epidemic with an old drug The first ever opioid, opium, comes from the sap of opium poppies. Cultivation and growth date back to ancient civilizations around 3400 B.C. In the early 18th century physicians used opium for a therapeutic agent that had multiple purposes, but mostly for relieving pain. It was only towards the late 18th century that some physicians began to recognize that the drug had extremely addictive qualities. Codeine and morphine are isolated forms of opium.…

Opioids Definition and Classification 1. Definition It is important to distinguish between opium, opiate and opioid. According to Vallejo et al. (2011, page E343), opium is a natural extract from the opium poppy, whereas opiates and opioids are its derivatives. Natural alkaloids derived of opium are generally called opiates, whereas opioids (opium-like) can be either natural or synthetic. The most common known opioids are morphine, codeine, fentanyl, hydrocodone, oxycodone, etc. (Vallejo et al.,…

Dual Diagnosis Akron A dual diagnosis is the manifestation of two mental diseases in an individual. A dual diagnosis is seen in drug treatment when a patient has a diagnosed psychological disorder in addition to their addiction. This claim of dual diagnosis is prefaced by the fact that addiction is a mental disease. Examples of mental disease commonly seen in combination with addiction in dual diagnosis scenarios: • Bi-polar disorder and alcoholism: Alcohol impacts the transfer of endorphins in…

There is an understanding in both the dystopia and modern time that in order to force public docility, there needs to be some sort of opiate for the masses. In Winston’s world, things like occassional pornogrpahy, the idea of winning the lottery, and the ability to drink alcohol unhindered allowed for the proles to be satisfied. However, in modern day America, the opiate becomes things such as social media and its content, which constantly distracts and influences the masses away from important…

Heroin: Growing Addiction When I saw that I was required to write a paper on a drug of abuse I knew instantly which drug I was going to select. Heroin. This drug has made a large impact on my personal life the past few years. In early 2014 my boyfriends’ uncle passed away due to the withdrawal of heroin, at the young age of twenty-six. He was not able to overcome the mental damage from the lack of heroin in his system and killed himself. After the incident my boyfriends’ younger brother, who…

suggestion of a placebo effect doesn’t mitigate the effect) can be attributed to the action of endorphins in the brain. So, in simpler terms, placebo effect is an endogenous mechanism of analgesia driven by endorphin action. What are some effects of opiate drugs such as morphine, and presumably endogenous opioids too? (5 points) What is meant by the placebo effect when it comes to pain medication is that the analgesic effects of “medications” that are in fact not medications at all but…

(Chronic Pain Treatment and Management with Medical Marijuana). The most common treatment for chronic pain contains strong doses of opiates. Although the pills may provide the patient with pain relief, opiates are highly addictive. Experts say “users can develop a psychological dependence on the drug, in which they feel they must use in order to feel “normal.” (Opiate Addiction Facts). 14,800 deaths were documented in one year involving overdoses from prescription pain pills. Caffeine and…