Tag: Epidemic

Mypartner is my best friend. This is because I am terrible at making friends, and I admit it. I tend to have two intimacy settings — either “you are my best friend and I will literally love you for the rest of my life and then die for you” or “excuse me, sir, can you point th...

When astronauts go into space, they need to wear special suits to provide them with air, and to protect them from cold and radiation. When divers go deep in the ocean, they need special equipment to allow them to breath and to protect them from the pressure and temperature. In both these cases, n...

In March of 2019, my friends and I were in Miami Beach for spring break. In broad daylight, one of my friends was sexually harassed and physically assaulted by an intoxicated male spring breaker. It happened so fast that we did not capture the incident on video or even get a good description of the ...

A little over a month has passed since the October 1st Las Vegas massacre, and already, media outlets have buried updates about the shooting on their websites and newspapers. Take a tour of the major sources (NYT, WSJ, CNN, Fox, MSNBC). You will be hard-pressed to find any news, and most importantly...

The recent 2021 Hate Crime Statistics found that reported hate crime incidents increased by over 11%, — from 8,210 in 2020 to 9,065 in 2021. According to the report, over 63% of single-bias hate crime incidents were motivated by the offenders’ prejudice toward a victim&rsq...

In the last century, humankind has made tremendous improvements in the field of medicine and public health. Specifically, the revolutionizing discovery of penicillin, the first ever antibiotic, by Sir Alexander Fleming has opened a new chapter in the history of tackling common diseases. However, ...

Photo credit: Author image created using photoexpress. The opioid epidemic has emerged as a malicious plague slowly eroding our society’s foundation, leaving a path of devastation in its wake of families, communities, and health system. Like a relentless storm, it has relentlessly swept thr...

A substance called ibogaine, which became legal when Colorado voters decriminalized psilocybin mushrooms in November 2022, could become an ally in Denver’s battle against opioid addiction Research increasingly shows ibogaine, which comes from the bark of the Iboga shrub in Africa, can help ...

If you have severe pain, you may be prescribed an opioid medication. This can happen such as if you have been in a car accident, or if you have chronic pain. Though opioids are good at relieving pain, there are many possible dangerous side-effects, as well as many people who become addicted to these...

The opioid epidemic, often relegated to mere headlines and fleeting news segments, is a profound and pervasive crisis that has woven its tendrils deep into the heart of our communities. It’s not just a distant issue discussed in policy meetings or medical conferences; it’s a lived experi...

Up until early last year, Don Holman of Forest, Virginia said he did not really consider much about America’s problem with opiates. Sometimes, he admits, he heard something about heroin on the evening news, or maybe again he would hear the term “opioid epidemic” — never, t...

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 da...

To address the opioid epidemic, we must work to dismantle the shame and stigma around addiction and create a culture of compassion and understanding. By embracing good psychology, forgiveness, and a daily reminder that we are ourselves divine and worthy, we can move towards a brighter future, one...

Washington D.C. — On Thursday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee received testimony about the Opioid Epidemic that is spreading across the United States. In the midst if the Tax Bill, this committee highlighted an issue that for many parts of our nation go...

Several years ago, Prince was found dead in an elevator in his Paisley Park home/studio. The cause of death was found to be opioids overdose-specifically fentanyl. As fans debated how true this was or floated various conspiracy theories behind the death of this prolific genius, one thing was clear: ...