SIAP - Michael Schofield taking active role in opioid dangers awareness
I tried looking it up to see if someone had mentioned this, and didn't see anything so sorry if i'm repeating old information, but an article came out yesterday referencing former U of M lineman Michael Schofield and his active role in promoting awareness for dangers caused by taking opioids and specifically heroin.
I was unaware that Schofield took this same active stance while at Michigan, it is nice to see our alum getting recognition for things they have done off the field.
Link: http://www.denverpost.com/2017/03/26/michael-schofield-nfl-fathers-opioids-heroin-denver-broncos/
This is a serious matter, so no joke whatsoever.
But anyone know why this opioid constipation commercial is dominating the ESPN networks if opioids aren't safe?
Not the same thing?
...anyway, huge shoutout to Scofield for using his platform, support, and resources for a good cause. That is what we around here call "THE MICHIGAN DIFFERENCE."
March 28th, 2017 at 12:38 AM ^
20% addiction rate after a 10 day supply.
I hear it's slightly more evil than reefer.
Because it's treated with stigma and shame rather than the serious public health issue that it is.
is Dreamland by Sam Quionones
He talks in parallel about pill mills and the development Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycotin, along with the development of black tar heroin.
The absolute craiziest thin I read in that book is that the medical community for a long time thought that opioids prescribed for pain were non addictive.
in socal. we used to find that stuff by the truckloads (almost literally). it smells like gross vinegar and what the hypes (users of hypodermic syringes, the most common way to injest tar) do to use it is beyond belief. very scary stuff. the pills might have less of a 'kick', but they make it a whole lot easier for people to get high.
10-15 per day? wow, sad and scary stuff
They didn't really care very much before narcan was available, either.
You know it's bad when we had to get education - as utility employees, mind you - on how to deal with these things in the workplace. That was actually added to the First Aid / CPR certification that we went through a couple months ago. It was....interesting, and rather sad.
lots of people brought back to life with that stuff. that scene out of pulp fiction, though dramatized, has at least some reality to it.
but i learned about heroin in detroit, growing up. about 'pinky' and 'shocker' from two old hypes down by woodward.
Praying won't do anything. Just raise them right, and talk to them.
Heroin users will tell you the first time they tried it, they "fell in love."
There's a danger of addiction with as little of 8 days on Oxy.
It's almost a cliche, but what often happens is that someone gets on opioids through legitimate pain thearapy, but the doctor isn't doing anything but writing out a prescription. The prescription gets extended and eventually runs out. The now addict tries to get pills illegaly, but unless you're Rush Limbaugh you can't afford it. Eventually someone tells you that there's a cheaper option, heroin.
It takes a year for your brain to rewire itself back to normal after you've become addicted.
It's sadly all too common that when recovered junkies relapse they go back to using the same amount that they were taking when they stopped. Their tolerance, however, has fallen, and they die.
I'm a pretty mediocre parent, but I talked to my kids all the time about this. Personally, I don't know when it's too early to start talking about this. Now, you might not want to introduce the subject the way I did, having my daughter watch Pulp Fiction and when Travolta sticks Thuman in the chest with an adrenalin shot, turn to your kid and say, "Don't do drugs."
There was a paper that is more general than just the opioid crisis that was just presented at a Brookings Conference by Ann Case and Angus Deaton, "Mortality and Morbidity in the 21st Century", https://www.brookings.edu/bpea-articles/mortality-and-morbidity-in-the-…;
It was an awesome high, but never had the slightest desire to experience it again. Maybe I was lucky I only was given it once.
Plus a lot of junkies would cease to exist, demand would drop and then supply. Pure economics.
March 27th, 2017 at 11:06 PM ^
As someone who went through two stints of outpatient rehab for an addiction to painkillers, it is good to see people raising awareness to this area.
Now that I am nearly 8 years sober, I will just tell anyone that may be struggling with painkiller addiction to seek help. Through counseling and treatment with Suboxone / Subutex, getting clean and getting your life back together is certainly possible. There is nothing to be ashamed about, and it is not worth keeping it a secret for fear of what others may think / say.
About 5 years ago, my doctor (an OSU grad and the only man who has stuck his finger in my ass, at least while I've been sober) told me he does rounds at the county jail here in rural upstate New York. He told me heroin was king. I thought he was high or that his OSU education was catching up to him. But sure enough, in just a few years, heroin addiction emerged from the shadows to where there are ODs almost every day in the county.
Our village police department started an Angel program: Volunteers from the community will be assigned to an addict who comes to the police station and helps them navigate the process of getting to the hospital through recovery. Anyone addicted, high, OD'ing can come to the police department and not get charged, but get help.
It is amazing how may 60 and 70 year olds have gotten involved as angels. No judgement, just a desire to help.