SOC 322LEC Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Wrongful Death Claim, History Of Arda, Dependency Theory
24 Jul 2018
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Higher rates of addiction and od deaths in us. Consensus among policy makers and the medical community is multifaceted solution. Supply-side prevention: limit the number of prescriptions and pills. Oct 2014: dea made it legal to return unused pills to pharmacy. Prevention nys:reducing supply from 30 to 7 for routine procedures. Education of health care providers and prescribers. Many states have passed legislation mandating education of prescribers. Fully informed when risk of use are likely to outweigh the benefits. Treatment and recovery resources and extremely not enough. Shift some places - buffalo is one - to treating overdose deaths as wrongful death or homicide cases and charging suppliers accordingly. Do they enable or encourage negative behavior. Rehabs in florida pts who tried to quit once funded through insurance drop pts off in places with drugs out the wazoo as soon as insurance $ can be cashed in.
