Review of The United States of Opioids
Posted: 16 Sep 2021, 23:42
[Following is a volunteer review of "The United States of Opioids" by Harry Nelson.]
The opioid crisis is not a myth, whether the opioid is prescribed by a doctor or obtained illegally. The first opioid crisis wave was started when physicians overprescribed pain medication, OxyContin, in the 1990s. Then it continues with black tar heroin, fentanyl that is mailed from another country, heroin, and cocaine because of its low price. The opioid crisis has led to legal responses such as access to the use of naloxone to prevent overdose deaths, law enforcement on overprescribing physicians, addiction treatment covered by insurance plans, and tracking patients who seek drugs from multiple physicians.
The United States of Opioids serves a comprehensive knowledge about the opioid crisis in the United States. Harry Nelson provides a complete set of facts about the addiction crisis, from the science of opioids and other addictive substances, to law enforcement for overprescribing physicians, drug tracking, regulatory development against opioids, the history of the pain medication industry in the United States, the health system for addiction, opioid triggers, and the possibility of alternative substances. In other words, this book is not just about the danger of opioid use.
I have nothing to complain about the contents of the book, as well as the book is exceptionally well-edited. However, the pdf version comes with two rows on a landscape page that is very difficult to read with the pdf reader on any device. I can’t deny that it bothers me. It reduces my eagerness to read until I need a longer time to finish the book. Nonetheless, I think there is no such issue with another version of the book.
This book is an eye-opener towards addiction. That is, there are a lot of factors in how this crisis happens. It is a complex, multi-dimensional problem that needs to be fixed together from every aspect. To me, this book is a call to everyone with their own role to undertake this crisis together. Families, doctors, authorities, and industry need to handle this crisis seriously to prevent more overdose deaths. But still, with the technical issues that I face with this book, I rate it three out of four stars.
The book doesn’t explicitly state what kind of person needs to read this book. But after reading this book, I think this book is genuinely created for people that want to protect their loved ones from addiction, people struggling with opioid addiction, parents that are worried about their children, and everyone that has a role in the opioid industry, doctors, authorities, and the pain medication industry as a call to prevent overdosing deaths.
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The United States of Opioids
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The opioid crisis is not a myth, whether the opioid is prescribed by a doctor or obtained illegally. The first opioid crisis wave was started when physicians overprescribed pain medication, OxyContin, in the 1990s. Then it continues with black tar heroin, fentanyl that is mailed from another country, heroin, and cocaine because of its low price. The opioid crisis has led to legal responses such as access to the use of naloxone to prevent overdose deaths, law enforcement on overprescribing physicians, addiction treatment covered by insurance plans, and tracking patients who seek drugs from multiple physicians.
The United States of Opioids serves a comprehensive knowledge about the opioid crisis in the United States. Harry Nelson provides a complete set of facts about the addiction crisis, from the science of opioids and other addictive substances, to law enforcement for overprescribing physicians, drug tracking, regulatory development against opioids, the history of the pain medication industry in the United States, the health system for addiction, opioid triggers, and the possibility of alternative substances. In other words, this book is not just about the danger of opioid use.
I have nothing to complain about the contents of the book, as well as the book is exceptionally well-edited. However, the pdf version comes with two rows on a landscape page that is very difficult to read with the pdf reader on any device. I can’t deny that it bothers me. It reduces my eagerness to read until I need a longer time to finish the book. Nonetheless, I think there is no such issue with another version of the book.
This book is an eye-opener towards addiction. That is, there are a lot of factors in how this crisis happens. It is a complex, multi-dimensional problem that needs to be fixed together from every aspect. To me, this book is a call to everyone with their own role to undertake this crisis together. Families, doctors, authorities, and industry need to handle this crisis seriously to prevent more overdose deaths. But still, with the technical issues that I face with this book, I rate it three out of four stars.
The book doesn’t explicitly state what kind of person needs to read this book. But after reading this book, I think this book is genuinely created for people that want to protect their loved ones from addiction, people struggling with opioid addiction, parents that are worried about their children, and everyone that has a role in the opioid industry, doctors, authorities, and the pain medication industry as a call to prevent overdosing deaths.
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The United States of Opioids
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon