That addiction is tied to changes in brain structure and function is what makes it, fundamentally, a brain disease. … Understanding that addiction is, at its core, a consequence of fundamental changes in brain function means that a major goal of treatment must be to either reverse or compensate for those brain changes.
i Should look into what a pill addiction actually does to the brain and people. that would be a good topic.
The press reported a suburban and rural White prescription opioid epidemic (Tough, 2001; Ung, 2001a, b) as prescription drug overdose deaths rose 117 per cent between 1999 and 2012 (CDC, 2014).
I like how they mention suburban people. i think that in utah that is where its a problem the most. because these people that live in suburbia have the money to go to the doctor and get addicted to these drugs. i also believe they think its okay because it was prescribed. "the doctor told me this would help" so that makes it okay until its a quick down fall to addiction.
This article uses the recent history of White opioids – the synthetic opiates such as OxyContin® that gained notoriety starting in the 1990s in connection with epidemic prescription medication abuse among White, suburban and rural Americans and Suboxone®
I have never thought about Opioid addiction being something that is more white then black. I guess that makes sense why Utah has such an issue with it since utah is a majority of white people.