Fentanyl Crisis in New Hampshire
From big pharmaceutical corporations to the streets- the time for blame is over. More than 400 people every year die of a drug overdose in New Hampshire. The overdose decline is slow and arduous despite statewide efforts.
This opioid epidemic was labeled by the Council on Foreign Relations as one of the nation’s “worst-ever drug crises” and “beyond the risks it poses to public health, it is becoming a drag on the economy and a threat to national security.” Heroine negatively affects the nervous system, digestive system, respiratory system and cardiovascular system and many possible complications lead to death.
The human brain has receptors perfectly fitted to react with opioids. Brain cells affected by opioids could become damaged and stop producing serotonin, the “happy chemical.” According to the American Addiction Center, “Those cells may be unable to produce chemical signals of pleasure in the absence of heroin, and they may call out for a heroin correction. That’s the seed of addiction, and it can be planted with just one hit of heroin.”
Life without opioids, like heroin and fentanyl, becomes difficult once addiction paths are set in the brain. Withdrawal symptoms usually occur 12 to 30 hours after the last dose. The FDA reports the following symptoms as complications of opioid withdrawal syndrome: Anxiety, pain in joints and…
