Resources: In the US: 1-800-662-4357 https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/index.html International Helplines for Suicide Prevention and Drug Addiction: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/ https://www.smartrecoveryinternational.org/ It’s 90 seconds to midnight and people from every age group, every socioeconomic background, every geographic corner of the world are being sucked into the vortex of addiction. While I don’t condone the wholesale legalization of every drug available, I do condone decriminalization and treatment. The US has begun to move in that direction, but it moves slowly and contrary to popular belief, not all people are created equal. Drug treatment isn’t available to all. Marginalized communities, especially, people of color and the impoverished are left behind. Contact me at the website: http://www.causeofdeath100secs.net Check it out, leave a review, leave me a voicemail or an email. Look at the blog posts. 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Link Tree: https://www.linktr.ee.com/CauseofDeathpod Show Notes for the Opioid Crisis: Resources: In the US: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/index.html International Helplines for Suicide Prevention and Drug Addiction: https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/ https://www.smartrecoveryinternational.org/ Notes for the episode: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11916-018-0670-z https://www.nber.org/papers/w28067 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025619617309230 https://www.britannica.com/topic/Opium-Wars https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/china-1 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17152761/ https://museum.dea.gov/exhibits/online-exhibits/cannabis-coca-and-poppy-natures-addictive-plants/opium-poppy#:~:text=The%20earliest%20reference%20to%20opium,it%20on%20to%20the%20Egyptians. https://www.britannica.com/topic/drug-use/Hallucinogenic-drugs https://drugtimeline.ca/ https://www.banyantreatmentcenter.com/2020/12/11/history-of-drug-abuse-massachusetts/ https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/history-of-substance-abuse/ https://sbtreatment.com/addiction/ https://recoveryfirst.org/blog/about-addiction/world-history-of-drug-use/ https://evolvetreatment.com/blog/history-drug-use/ https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1953-01-01_2_page004.html https://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/medicine/diseases/pathology/drug-addiction-and-drug-abuse/history https://www.historydefined.net/drug-use-ww2/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-story-americas-19th-century-opiate-addiction-180967673/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17152761/ https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/141189NCJRS.pdf https://museum.dea.gov/exhibits/online-exhibits/cannabis-coca-and-poppy-natures-addictive-plants/opium-poppy#:~:text=The%20earliest%20reference%20to%20opium,it%20on%20to%20the%20Egyptians. https://open.lib.umn.edu/socialproblems/chapter/7-1-drug-use-in-history/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/buyers/socialhistory.html https://drugabuse.com/addiction/history-drug-abuse/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3202501/ https://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/pdf_documents/digital_library/campaign/564806/82/76C_564806_82_03.pdf https://jamesclear.com/heroin-habits https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/16/archives/gi-heroin-addiction-epidemic-in-vietnam-gi-heroin-addiction-is.html https://prhome.defense.gov/Portals/52/Documents/RFM/Readiness/DDRP/docs/35%20Final%20Report.%20The%20Vietnam%20drug%20user%20returns.pdf https://www.history.com/news/drug-use-in-vietnam https://www.statnews.com/2021/07/19/lessons-learned-and-lost-vietnam-era-addiction-study/ https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.64.12_Suppl.38 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1032764/ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20503245211034934 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2622774/ https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs/651/backgrnd.htm https://www.who.int/teams/mental-health-and-substance-use/alcohol-drugs-and-addictive-behaviours/drugs-psychoactive/cannabis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK232965/ https://civilrights.org/blog/americas-war-on-drugs-50-years-later/ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(23)00131-X/fulltext https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK553166/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK448203/ https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/opioids/facts.htm#:~:text=Fentanyl%3A%20Fentanyl%20is%20a%20very,patch%2C%20or%20as%20an%20injection. https://www.ice.gov/features/opioid-crisis https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/opioid-overdose https://www.usda.gov/topics/opioids https://today.yougov.com/health/articles/42574-blame-opioid-epidemic-pharmaceutical-companies?redirect_from=%2Ftopics%2Fhealth%2Farticles-reports%2F2022%2F05%2F18%2Fblame-opioid-epidemic-pharmaceutical-companies