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The opioid crisis : a reference handbook /
"Dependence on opioids has grown into an epidemic, its effects felt globally and most of all in the United States. The Opioid Crisis: A Reference Handbook provides a detailed and accurate history of opioid use, helping readers to understand how the crisis developed, as well as a review of probl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Barbara, California :
ABC-CLIO, LLC,
[2018]
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| Colección: | Contemporary world issues.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Background and History
- Problems, Controversies, And Solutions
- Perspectives
- Profiles
- Data and Documents
- Resources
- Chronology
- Background and history
- Problems, controversies, and solutions
- Perspectives
- Profiles
- Data and documents
- Resources
- Chronology.
- 1. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY :
- The Opium Plant: An Introduction
- The History of Opium to 1800: Egypt and Crete; Greece and Rome; The Middle Ages and the Muslim World; The Far East
- Laudanum
- The Opium Wars
- Morphine and Beyond: The Discovery and Commercialization of Morphine; Heroin: The Wonder Drug; Other Opiates
- The Criminalization of Opiates
- Controlled Substances Act of 1970
- Semisynthetic and Synthetic Opioids
- The Brain Chemistry of Opioids
- Conclusion
- References.
- 2. PROBLEMS, CONTROVERSIES, AND SOLUTIONS :
- Numbers Tell the Story : Mortality and Morbidity; Who Uses Opioids?; Economic Costs; The Innocent Bystanders; An Underlying Theme
- The History of OxyContin
- A Flood of Opioids
- Regulating the Use of Opioids : Guidelines; Reactions to the Guidelines; Legislation: Federal; State; Multistate
- Prevention : Education: Health Care Workers; Schools and Colleges; Proper Medication Disposal; Enforcement : Pill Mill Laws; Doctor Shopping Laws
- Treatment : Alternative Forms of Treatment
- Conclusion
- References.
- 3. PERSPECTIVES :
- It's Not My Problem, or Is It? / Judith Ellsesser
- Education Fosters Prevention / Heather Kulp
- Epidemic in Asheville / Heather Pack
- Confessions of an Opioid User / Bob Roehr
- Rationale for Cannabis-Based Interventions in the Opioid Overdose Crisis / Anjali A. Sarkar
- The U.S. Opioid Crisis: A Personal Perspective / William G. Schulz
- Citing History: The Need for Genuine Context / John Galbraith Simmons
- I'm High as I Write This / Rebecca Smith
- Opioid Drugs Provide Pain Relief but with Serious Risks / Stephanie Sutherland.
- 4. PROFILES :
- Academy of Integrative Pain Management
- Advocates for Opioid Recovery
- Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies
- American Society of Addiction Medicine
- Center for Lawful Access and Abuse Deterrence
- Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose
- Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859)
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- Jack Fishman (1930-2013)
- Francis B. Harrison (1873-1957)
- Heroin Epidemic Relief Organization
- Felix Hoffmann (1868-1946)
- Paul Hanssen (1926-2003)
- The National Alliance for Advocated for Buprenorphine Treatment
- National Association of State Controlled Substances Authorities
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Office of National Drug Control Policy
- Pain Therapy Access Physicians Working Group
- Candace Pert (1946-2013)
- President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis
- Fredrich Serturner (1783-1841)
- Solomon H. Snyder (1938- )
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689)
- Charles E. Terry (1878-1945)
- Hamilton Wright (1867-1917).
- 5. DATA AND DOCUMENTS :
- Data :
- Table 5.1.: Misuse of Opioids in Past Year and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Detailed Age Category: Numbers in Thousands and Percentages, 2015 and 2016
- Table 5.2.: Any Use of Pain Relievers in Past Year and Misuse of Pain Relievers in Past Year and Past Month among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Detailed Age Category: Numbers in Thousands and Percentages, 2015 and 2016
- Table 5.3. Drug-Poisoning Deaths Involving Opioid Analgesics: United States, 1999-2015
- Table 5.4.: Deaths from Opioid overdose, 2015
- Table 5.5.: Death Rates from heroin and opioid analgesic poisoning, 2000-2015
- Table 5.6.: Drug overdose deaths among adolescents aged 15-19, by type of opioid drug involved in the United States: 1999-2015
- Table 5.7.: Opioid use in schools
- Table 5.8.: Perceived availability of narcotics other than heroin, 1991-2016, grades 8,10, and 12 ;
- Documents :
- Smoking Opium Exclusion Act of 1909
- Harrison Narcotic Act (1914)
- United States v. Jin Juey Moy (1916)
- United States v. Doremus (1919)
- Webb v. United States (1919)
- Controlled Substances Act (1970)
- Children's Health Act of 2000
- Opioid use among veterans (2013)
- An Act to prevent opiate abuse by strengthening the controlled substances prescription monitoring program (2016)
- An act concerning involuntary commitment to treatment for substance use disorders (2016)
- Remarks by President Trump on combating drug demand and the opioid crisis (2017)
- The President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis (2017)
- 6. RESOURCES
- 7. CHRONOLOGY.