{"id":1929,"date":"2018-03-19T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newseason.com\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2023-11-16T18:04:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:04:32","slug":"casualties-of-the-opioid-crisis-are-not-just-the-victims-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newseason.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/19\/casualties-of-the-opioid-crisis-are-not-just-the-victims-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Casualties of the Opioid Crisis are Not Just the Victims Themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"

The painstaking list of casualties being swallowed up and spit out by the opioid epidemic is long, and growing.<\/p>\n

The list begins with the once star athlete prescribed Vicodin for his high school football injuries. His Vicodin fix turned prescription painkiller addiction has morphed him into a slave to heroin.<\/p>\n

His high school sweetheart turned wife also falls victim as she\u2019s having a harder time caring for her drug-addicted husband than their young children.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the doctor whose intentions where wholesome prescribing pain medication to a seemingly levelheaded athlete who\u2019s practice is now labeled a pill mill.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the EMT who\u2019s already short staffed and overworked going on countless opioid overdose calls… per night. Sometimes equipped with the lifesaving opioid reversal narcotic, and sometimes not due to funding and availability.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the hospital workers who are already tired, overworked and badgered by patients who have to administer yet another dose of Narcan to an addict who cares less about his or her own life than they do.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the court system who means well by upholding strict punitive standards, but instead of being able to help addicts get into treatment, they make it more difficult for people to get their life back on track.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the Drug Enforcement Administration officials who have an important and tireless job to perform, but are many times handcuffed by the ineptness of their own judicial system.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the federal administration, this one and the ones preceding, who desire to do more, but most of the time turn up on the losing side of the drug war. Take Ronald Reagan\u2019s signing of the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act that promised to help users and punish dealers, but instead turned America into the world\u2019s leading jailer.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the cemeteries being filled. The lives lost. The hearts broken. The families shattered. It\u2019s the nation who stands in mourning with little hope of fixing the health crisis of modern day.<\/p>\n

Tana Ganeva<\/a>, writes in The Intercept, a riveting account<\/a> of the opioid paradigm \u2014 a true life story that\u2019s far more fascinating than any director could dream up for the movie screens.<\/p>\n

In the article, Ganeva quotes Art Way<\/a>, a senior director at the Drug Policy Alliance: \u201cAll we know how to do is to be punitive. We should be getting people treatment, without having them going into the criminal justice system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through her hoards of research and thesis-level writing, Ganeva concludes that \u201ca more sustainable strategy would also include easy access to medicines like Suboxone, supervised injection facilities, and public education campaigns and treatment programs not based entirely on abstinence.\u201d<\/p>\n

New Season Treatment Centers<\/a> offer a proven and long-term solution to the recovery from opioid abuse. Contact us<\/a> today for help.<\/p>\n

And when you get around to it, read Ganeva\u2019s masterful presentation of journalism. It will open your eyes, and may even open up your heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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