Decimation by Opiates

Consumerist: What Will Happen When White House Declares Opioid Crisis Is Public Health Emergency? http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw_8bCuTY

History has a way of repeating itself...but the effects are skying!  President Trump has declared an opioid epidemic. 

-What does this mean?
-Who does this declaration effect?
-What changes could be made in your house, workplace, etc.

Facts

What is opioid?  A term for substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects.

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Medically they are primarily used for pain relief, including anesthesia.

^[3] Other medical uses include suppression of diarrhea, treating opioid use disorder, reversing opioid overdose, suppressing cough, and suppressing opioid induced constipation.^[3]

 Extremely potent opioids such as carfentanil are only approved for veterinary use.^[4] Opioids are also frequently used non-medically for their euphoric effects or to prevent withdrawal.^{[5]  Wikipedia}

Courage

These days I pray for courage.   It's important in order for me to take my journey to where I was meant to be.

For 2 years now my children. And myself and my sickly mother have been trying to find a place to live.   The problem is, the homeowners have reluctance abd reasonable doubt when renting to unmarried couples, or a young family with young children.

I found that to be a complex stereo type.  That is only successful in one thing only, that is driving innocent families to the curb.

My father is a retired longshore man.  We never had a hard time to oay our rent, neither do we have that problem now.

Its changed.  Time has. Surely.  I can't remember ever seeing this much young abled people walking around with mental health problems
more now than ever.  Its not just sad its scary.

Addict

Last night, my partner told me something that really bothered me.... " You're an addict in everything you do!"  That prompted something in me.  I cried and cried last night as if I had just gotten beatings from an elder.  Why I feel this way maybe because I found truth in that what he had told me.

My Skepticism