Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 What Is the Opioid Crisis? Sarah E. Ludwig 12
2 The History and Potential Future of the Opioid Crisis Amie L. Severino Arash Shadfar Joshua K. Hakimian Oliver Crane Ganeev Singh Keith Heinzerling Wendy M. Walwyn 18
3 Drug Consumption Facilities Can Provide a Better Solution to the Opioid Epidemic Jarrett Zigon 27
4 From Opioids to Heroin: How Patients Make the Transition Chris McGreal 32
5 Many of the Opioids Hitting the Streets Come from Criminal Labs in China Kathleen McLaughlin 41
6 Despite What Many Believe, Doctors Are Not the Cause of the Opioid Crisis Sally Satel 47
7 Opioids Cannot Be the Ultimate Solution in Pain Treatment Timothy J. Atkinson Jennifer H. Scruggs Tracey L. Perkins 56
8 As Cases of Opioid Addiction Increase, So Do Cases of Sex Trafficking Kristin Detrow 61
9 Analyzing How the Opioid Crisis Affects Different Groups Can Lead to Its Solution Paola Scommegna 67
10 Pill Mills Are Putting Patients at Risk and Letting Them Fall Through the Cracks Malia Cole 74
11 What Does Declaring the Opioid Crisis a Public Health Emergency Entail? Greg Allen Amita Kelly 77
12 Efforts to Make Naloxone Widely Available Are More Difficult than Anticipated Jake Harper 81
13 Can Grassroots Movements Solve the Opioid Crisis? Sarah Freeman-Woolpert 86
14 America's Punishment-Based Moral System Is a Cause of the Opioid Crisis Abigail Ronck Hartstone 96
15 Pills, Heroin, and the Road to Recovery Nicole Makris 105
Organizations to Contact 113
Bibliography 119
Index 125
