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  3. Opioid epidemic - Wikipedia

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    This is why it is important for schools to implement effective strategies and programs to teach young children about the dangers and consequences of opioid misuse. Although the retention time of adolescents is much lower than adults, educating them from a younger age on opioid misuse should help keep children away from these drugs.

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    The terms 'opioid' and 'opiate' are sometimes used interchangeably, but the term 'opioid' is used to designate all substances, both natural and synthetic, that bind to opioid receptors in the brain. [4] Opiates are alkaloid compounds naturally found in the opium poppy plant Papaver somniferum. [5] [6]

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    The age-adjusted drug poisoning death rate involving heroin doubled from 0.7 to 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people between 1999 and 2011 and then continued to increase to 4.1 in 2015. [192] The third wave of overdose deaths began in 2013, related to synthetic opioids, particularly illicitly produced fentanyl. [ 190 ]

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    So you lose hope, move on. You self-medicate instead.” After finally finding a treatment center, Eric was able to reduce his fentanyl use over a three-month period of time.

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    Naloxone is an over-the-counter nasal-spray medication that can save an overdose victim by rapidly reversing the effects of fentanyl, heroin and other opioids. Doctors urge all people ...

  8. Promoting Healthy Choices: Information vs. Convenience - HuffPost

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    evidence that doing so has much impact. The results of economic analyses of obesity have often led to the conclusion that informational strategies aimed at targeting obesity have had and are likely to have only a limited effect (Eric A. Finkelstein et al. 2005, John G. Lynch Jr. and Gaul Zauberman 2006, and Kelli K. Garcia 2007).

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    So she still sleeps on a mattress on Jibreel’s floor to prevent him from wandering at night. “He could very well walk out the door. He just doesn’t have any awareness of dangers,” Wines said.