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    Drug

    Addiction
    J’la Jenkins
    Drug Addiction
    ● Addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is
    compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
    ● Affects the Reward Circuit of the brain
    ● 7.6% of American population affected
    ● Leads to cancer, organ failure, HIV/AIDS, death
    ● Affects all people
    ● Minorities and lower SES affected worse
    Levels of Substance Abuse

    ● Drug misuse
    - using a drug for unintended
    purposes

    ● Drug Abuse
    - repetitive use of substance

    ● Addiction
    - physical altering of the brain
    and body
    Risk Factors for Addiction
    Biological Environmental Developmental

    ● Genes ● Family ● Genetic and


    environmental factors
    ● Gender ● Friends interact with critical
    ● Race ● Economic statues developmental stages
    ● Mental disorder
    Symptoms of Addiction

    Wendy Writer, CEO Ronny Reader, CFO Abby Author, CTO Berry Books, CPO

    Dilated or Constricted Abrupt weight change Increased aggression or Changes in habits and
    Pupils irritability priorities
    Statistical Data
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4R1a8za7aY
    Crack-Cocaine Vs. Opioids

    ● Began in late 1970s ● Dramatic increase in 2016


    ● Primarily affected Black and other ● Primarily affected whites
    minority communities’ ● HHS create 5-Point Strategy to
    ● “War On Drugs” Combat the Opioid Crisis
    ● Criminalized ● Health Issue
    ● Mandatory Sentences, Three ● Research, Treatment, Recovery
    Strikes, Harsh Sentences Services
    Media Source #1: “Lock Them Up: My Double
    Standard In Responding to the Crack Crisis vs. the
    Opioid Epidemic”

    ● Minister Ed Stetzer regrets his past stance on Crack-cocaine


    ● Government became “Tough on Crime”
    ● Criminalization of people rather than treatment
    ● Believed the color of people involved changed
    Media Source #2: “Why Didn't My Drug-
    Affected Family Get Any Sympathy?”

    ● Author Issac Bailey remembers how tragic the crack-


    epidemic was for Blacks
    ● Opioid crisis received sympathetic response
    ● Opioids behind “deaths of despair”
    ● Media coverage of crack vs. opioids
    Why is this a health disparity?

    ● ALL addiction is a health issue


    ● EVERYONE struggling with addiction should
    have access to help
    ● NO ONE should be criminalized
    References

    ● https://www.pyramidhealthcarepa.com/substance-use-misuse-and-abuse/
    ● https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/understanding-drug-use-addiction
    ● https://drugabuse.com/symptoms-signs-drug-abuse-effects/
    ● Global go-live
    https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/nsduh-ppt-09-2018.pdf
    ● https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/10/26/lock-them-
    up-my-double-standard-in-responding-to-the-crack-crisis-vs-the-opioid-
    epidemic/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b887b67c7af4

    ● https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/10/opioid-crisis-crack-crisis-
    race-donald-trump-218602

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