The American Opioid Crisis: Causes, Negative Effects, and Solutions

This essay examines the opioid crisis in America, highlighting it as a significant national concern. It begins by outlining the background of the crisis, emphasizing its widespread impact and the dangers it poses to the future. The essay delves into the causes of opioid use, including genetic predispositions, recreational drug use, and mental health disorders such as stress and mood disorders. It further explores the negative effects of opioid addiction, such as overdose and the destruction of individuals' present and future lives. The analysis is supported by national survey statistics, discussion of the healthcare sector's role, and references to declarations of the opioid crisis as a national emergency. The essay also addresses the institutional roles of nurses and doctors in preventing opioid-related overdoses and the legislative measures being developed to reduce the burden of opioid addiction. The conclusion summarizes the crisis, reiterates the thesis statement, and suggests steps to mitigate the rise of opioid use. References to relevant scholarly articles are included.

The Opioid Crisis in America

Topic: Opioid Crisis in America
Outline
I. Introduction
a. Thesis statement: Opioid crisis is one of the most serious concerns for the
American nation.
b. Background of the topic: Opioid crisis, an American drug problem is widely
affecting the general people and leading the future in danger.
c. Causes of drugs: youth of America make use of Opioid crisis which is leading
global challenge
d. Effect of Opioid crisis: Opioid crisis affects the health, leads to overdose and
death.
II. Several Body Paragraphs
1. Causes: This include the deep analysis of the different causes with the evidence
from different reasons which include
a) Genetics: Specific gene leads to addiction in youth, genetic and biological
factors
b) Intake of drugs for recreational purposes: rise in use of opioid crises for
improving performance, person in stress, relationship status, at daily jobs
(Holmes, 2012).
c) Mental disorder: American Opioid use increases due to stress, mood
disorders, pain management issues and many others

2. Negative effect: Drug Addiction is leading challenge for world and its leading
effect on life of general public is explained.
a) Overdose leads to death
b) Spoil the present and future of general people
3. Evidences: Rise in the use of Opioid Crisis is supported with National Survey
statistics, role of health care and nurses, Donald Trump declared Opioid Crisis as
national crisis and other
4. Institutional roles: nurses and doctors takes steps to prevent the people from
opioid-related overdoses, legislation are prepared for reducing the burden of
opioid overdoses and many others (Clark, 2014).
III. Conclusion
a. Sums up about Opioid Crisis with thesis statement
b. Steps to be taken for reducing the rise of Opioid Crisis
IV. References
Clark, A. (2014). Legislative: Responding to the fatal opioid overdose epidemic: A call to
nurses. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 19(3).
Holmes, D. (2012). Prescription drug addiction: the treatment challenge. The
Lancet, 379(9810), 17-18.