PPT-Heroin : A Brain Disease

Heroin A Brain Disease Rick Ryan MD FACEP Professor and Vice Chairman Department of Emergency Medicine University of Cincinnati Objectives Heroin To understand common misconceptions about addiction. By: Maggie Acorn. Gambling & Heroin. Addictions . Gambling addiction is “an . urge to continuously gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to . stop.” . Heroin addiction is a physical . For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.. --H. L. Mencken . BLAME. HEROIN!. BLAME. HEROIN!. For the media the answer is:. Opioid involved deaths USA 2013 (23,153 total). A depressant. By: Jake Rudloff and Lindsay knupp. Description:. Heroin is an opioid drug that is synthesized from morphine. Morphine - naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of the Asian opium poppy plant.. Brendan Sudbury, John Iovino, Matthew Bell, Michael . Zangari. PHM142 Fall 2016. Instructor: Dr. Jeffrey Henderson. CASE Study. Patients in the California Bay Area went from relatively normal individuals to “frozen” in stature (. Harm Reduction and Naloxone Administration . Training. Purpose of Training. This training is designed to offer a brief education on opiate addiction and opiate overdose in relation to it’s effects on the brain.. For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.. --H. L. Mencken . BLAME. HEROIN!. BLAME. HEROIN!. For the media the answer is:. Opioid involved deaths USA 2013 (23,153 total). How it Happened. . Andrew Kolodny, M.D.. .. Executive Director, Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing. Co-Director, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative, . Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. Narcotics Task Force Commander. APD, BAPD, HVDGPD, MSP, DEA and HCSA. HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) Initiative: Executive Branch, Office of the White House.. Captain Lee Dunbar. Harford . Georgia Klein. Heroin. Comes from the seedpod of the opium poppy plant. Processed from morphine. It’s a depressant that inhibits the central nervous system and affects the brains ability to feel pain. Alison Taylor. Heroin. H, Smack, Dope, Junk. Can be purchased as a . white powder – . “White China” . or a dark resin – . “Black Tar”. Opiates. . Derived from the opium poppy. Morphine: Used as a painkiller in hospitals. Lynne M. Saddler, MD, MPH. District Director of Health. It is now harder to get these…. Pain Relief. You can easily get this…. Heroin. I. s a drug made from morphine, a “natural substance” in the seedpod of the Asian poppy plant. Junior Health. 1. Methamphetamine. What does it look like?. 2. What Are Effects From Meth?. * Meth produces . * . Meth may lead to:. 1. . 3. Street names for the drug. 5. How is Meth used and abused?. is an epidemic.. The Opioid Epidemic is NATIONAL. . Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics. Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2016. 5x. in heroin-related overdose deaths since 2010 in the U.S.. Heroin is an illegal Schedule I drug, meaning that it is addictive and has no accepted medical use. 14 GET THE FACTS. Any method of heroin use— snorting, smoking, swallowing, or injecting the