Have I ever
told y’all I was a statistics junkie? Well if you didn’t know, now ya do and
since you know my secrets I figured I would get on my soap box for a bit so
hang in there! :)
Did you
know that the United States represents 4.2% of the world’s population?
--The US
consumes 80% of the world’s opioids &
99% of
the world’s Lortab (hydrocodone/APAP).
75% of
heroin addicts say they started on pain pills.
Most
addicts start their addictions on pain pills. Pills can become too expensive
and hard to locate, so most switch to heroin since it binds to the same
receptors on the brain, is cheaper, and readily available.
3 out of
5 teens have more of a chance of becoming addicted to prescription medications
when compared to adults.
You may
think that you have control of an addiction, but you DON’T! There are 2
different kinds of addictions, and they can develop quicker than you think.
I am sure
some of y’all are wondering where the heck I am going with this one. If you are
just joining my blog [WELCOME], and FYI I am in pharmacy school so the rest of this should make sense now. So as you can imagine
drug abuse is a H-O-T, hot topic! So what’s next, what do you do as a future
health care professional to help spread awareness, well let me tell you!
The UNM APhA
chapter has adopted a program called, the
Generation Rx Initiative
The Ohio
State University in partnership with Cardinal Health developed this program.
Now that I have this out of the way let me tell y’all the goods.
When most
people think about drug abuse, prescription medications do not usually come to
mind. Did you know that prescription medications can be just as dangerous, if
not more deadly than street drugs? Did you know
that the number one cause of accidental deaths in New Mexico is prescription
drug overdose? An epidemic is among us friends, and CHANGE needs to start now!
GenRx is
developed to target all age levels from Pre-K to Senior Citizens. In the past
month and a half I have given 20 presentations to various age groups all over
the state of New Mexico. Why am I
mentioning this you might ask? If you are interested in anything I have
mentioned I encourage you to shoot me an email or add a comment. I would
love to have the chance to talk to any of y’all about this information or
potentially set up a presentation for y’all to check out. Let me know what ya think :)
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