clearly elucidate your position and respect the position of others. Keep the conversation focused on public health nursing. This is a place for civil discussion: insults will not be tolerated and could result in disciplinary measures. President Trump declared the opioid crisis an epidemic. Do you agree or disagree? Support your answer. Keep answers focused on if the opioid crisis qualifies as an epidemic.
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Opioids are drugs that are used both medically and sometimes for non-medical purposes. They make people develop relaxation feelings, and then they feel “high.” The tendency of opioids being used for non-medical purposes makes then to be abused by people. The tendency of them being abused harm the abusers as they are highly addictive, and in many instances, their overdose leads to death. There are many types of opioids, such as codeine and morphine, which are found naturally from opium. The plant producing it has a gummy substance that is produced by the seed pod that comes from the opium poppy. The plant is mostly grown from Southern Asia region. There are other types of opioids, for instance, heroin that is made up of adding chemicals to morphine. In the current trend in the drugs industry, many of the drugs found being abused in the United States don’t come from opium. Therefore, this informs my decision, and I concur with President Trump that opioids are an epidemic.
The wave of trying to curb substance abuse in the United States started at around 1991, where there were many deaths involving opioids began to rise drastically. The death toll increased as even medical prescriptions; some of them resulted in death. I concur that opioids be declared a crisis as they have a lasting addiction that is chronic and can lead in death of the abuser. In many instances the opioids cause adverse effects to health, social interactions of the addicts and they culminate to economic problems. The issues with them are that they affect the nervous system to relieve pain and to cause feelings of pleasure. The major drawback of the drugs is that in case some people use them, they are,………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… President Trump declared the opioid crisis an epidemic