Understanding the Opioid Crisis and the Effects of Addiction
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
How has the opioid epidemic exploded so quickly in the United States? Purdue Pharma may be behind one of the most prevalent causes of patient exploitation in world history.
Listen up to learn:
- How the opioid epidemic began
- Ways in which non-addicts can become trapped through medical negligence
- The valid uses for opioid pain killers
An expert speaker on the opioid crisis, Chris Johnson shares his experience making proactive steps forward to curb the opioid epidemic.
The introduction of OxyContin over two decades prior realistically marks the beginning of the opioid epidemic as it stands today. Sadly, with the degradation of medical morals and practices, increasing numbers of moderate pain patients have been led down the path to addiction.
The intertwining of big pharma and medical practices on all levels has caused over-prescribing of opioid pain management to skyrocket. With pills being harder to come by and increasingly expensive, many patients who were merely facing moderate or chronic pain have sought alternatives like heroin and fentanyl.
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| 0:30.0 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | That is Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with The Finding Genius Podcast, now part of the Finding Genius Foundation. |
| 0:43.0 | But I have Dr. Chris Johnson, he's a nationally recognized expert on the opioid and heroin |
| 0:47.5 | epidemic, which currently is killing, I guess, is estimated between what, 40 and 70,000 Americans a year. |
| 0:55.0 | I hope those numbers are right, but it's a ton. |
| 0:57.0 | He's spoken throughout the country on this topic to medical and non-medical audiences. |
| 1:02.0 | It's an urgent message. |
| 1:03.5 | I saw him on Valutainment, and Patrick that David |
| 1:06.7 | interviewed him and it was great. |
| 1:08.0 | And so I wanted to have him here. |
| 1:09.7 | So Chris, thank you so much for coming. |
| 1:11.8 | Thank you very much for having me. |
| 1:13.0 | And yes, those, the numbers from 40 to 70,000, unfortunately, are accurate. |
| 1:18.0 | 70,000 being the most recent numbers, and that is from the pandemic year of 2020, which while the COVID crisis is certainly |
| 1:26.4 | justifiably taking the headlines right beneath that and maybe even because of that, |
| 1:31.5 | the heroin and opioid and |
| 1:34.0 | on substance in general, those crises got even worse |
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