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STUDY:  Nonmedical prescription opioids and pathways of drug involvement in the US: Generational differences.      PDF form

The graph and report reflect no matter which generation heroin addiction does not begin by using heroin but other drugs.  The three  drugs that "prime" the brain and often lead to harder drugs are cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana.  We need prevention funding to help educate our children, parents and community leaders develop the skills and strategies to avoid drug abuse.   ADDICTION IS A PREVENTABLE DISEASE. 


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Our country has an opioid problem fueled by the fact that we have a drug abuse problem that often starts with alcohol, tobacco and marijuana.  The three primary drugs of choice that often lead to hard drugs.  People don't start their life of addiction with heroin.


 Funding for substance abuse prevention education programs is more than lacking but almost nonexistent at all levels of schools (elementary to high school) and community centers.  These programs would not only decrease the addiction epidemic but it would also significantly reduce domestic violence issues, human trafficking, pornography, crime and traffic car crashes (Florida is consistently ranked in the top 1 or 2 for fatal crashes involving drugs)... drugs often are the root of many of these life-alerting problems.  These issues individual, the entire family and every community. It is impossible to put a value on prevention programs.  How much do you value your family member's life?   


Marijuana's links to increase use of Heroin

  1. Heroin is not the first use drug for any generation or ethnicity. 
  2. Why Marijuana Will Not Fix the Opioid Epidemic
  3. Marijuana and the Brain:  PowerPoint by Dr. Madras 
  4. Cartels are still thriving supplying illegal marijuana but have also flooded the market with heroin and decreased the price to create an even bigger demand and addiction.  Black market of marijuana   and DEA seizers of heroin.  As marijuana has been legalized across the county heroin use has increased. 
  5. Drug Free America:  Big Marijuana moves to exploit the Opioid Epidemic
  6. Additional Articles linking Marijuana and Opioid Use

 


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