Opioid Epidemic Annotated Bibliography
<p>The NIH is government program called the National Institute on Drug Abuse, whose goal is to use advance science on the research of addiction and drug use, to improve the public’s health. The following page on the NIH website is about Opioid Overdose Crisis, revised annually to keep it up to date. The following information contained in the article helps others understand a generalized background and current events on the opioid epidemic. It provides current detailed statistics as well on how many people are affected, economic standings and numbers, and percentages on the usage of opioids. The page talks about how the opioid crisis began in 1990’s due to pharmacies advising to prescribe opioids more, without knowing how addictive they are. This caused the start of the opioid epidemic, and still to this day people can get addicted from their prescriptions prescribed by doctors for certain uses. Also as well it addresses what steps the HHS, Department of Health and Human services, has taken towards a solution such as improvements of treatments. Overall for someone who is looking for a general understanding of the opioid crisis, this provides a short but informative explanation with links to other sources.</p>
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