Employee Spotlight June 2017
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Drugs
Drugs
How the Government Is Responding to the Opioid Epidemic
An estimated 2.1 million Americans are addicted to opioids, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.1 Opioids can be legal prescription medications or illegal street drugs that act on the opioid (pain-relieving) receptors in the brain. Examples of opioids include oxycodone, morphine, and heroin. Americans are the biggest worldwide consumers of opioid pain medications. Read More
Opioid Versus Opiate: What Is the Difference?
Pain medications, which include opioids and opiates, are designed to enhance recovery and reduce short-term and long-term debilitation from pain. However, their abuse has proven a growing problem in the United States, where an estimated 2.1 million people are addicted to and/or abuse the medications. To understand how prescription painkillers and, in some instances, illegal Read More
Opioid Addiction: Short-Term and Long-Term Effects on the Body
A study by the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reported that more than 2 million people in United States experienced prescription opioid use disorder or opioid addiction in 2012-2013. Misuse of prescription opioid painkillers by adults in the U.S. more than doubled from 2001 to 2013. What are Opioids? Opioids are powerful Read More
Long-term Consequences of Drug Use on the Brain
Your brain is the most complex organ in your body, weighing in around three pounds and made up of white and gray matter that serve as the source of all of the qualities that make you human. Different parts of the brain serve different functions, and they all work together to coordinate specific actions, from Read More
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