Opioid Addiction

Opioid Addiction

            Research and statistics have established that more than 130 people die daily in the United States because of overdosing on opioids (Hser et al. 77). The greatest challenge with the control and management of opioids is that it involves both legal and illegal substances. The misuse of prescription pain relievers is something the government or the medical stakeholders in the country cannot control. According to Hser et al. (79), the problem began in the 1990s when pharmaceutical companies assured the country and the medical community that patients would never be addicted to opioids. The problem is slowly becoming uncontrollable, and the key medical stakeholders are losing a grip on the matter and hence a great study area.

Research Questions

1. What transformations in the medical community will help reduce or resolve the problem of opioid addiction?
2. How can the government and the medical community minimize deaths through control and reduction of opioid addiction?
3. What alternatives can help resolve the problem caused by the failed 1990s assurance by pharmaceutical companies that patients would not be addicted to opioids?

Works Cited

Hser, Yih-Ing, et al. “Long-Term Course of Opioid Addiction.” 23.2 (2015): 76-89. Print.

4. What transformations in the medical community will help reduce or resolve the problem of opioid addiction?
5. How can the government and the medical community minimize deaths through control and reduction of opioid addiction?
6. What alternatives can help resolve the problem caused by the failed 1990s assurance by pharmaceutical companies that patients would not be addicted to opioids?
7. What transformations in the medical community will help reduce or resolve the problem of opioid addiction?
8. How can the government and the medical community minimize deaths through control and reduction of opioid addiction?
9. What alternatives can help resolve the problem caused by the failed 1990s assurance by pharmaceutical companies that patients would not be addicted to opioids?
10. What transformations in the medical community will help reduce or resolve the problem of opioid addiction?
11. How can the government and the medical community minimize deaths through control and reduction of opioid addiction?
12. What alternatives can help resolve the problem caused by the failed 1990s assurance by pharmaceutical companies that patients would not be addicted to opioids?