Opioids 360 - A Multidisciplinary Examination of an American Tragedy

This book takes a full 360 macro to micro approach to understanding the problems presented by opioids. The macro approach examines the international role played by other countries in the production of foreign-made fentanyl currently flooding the streets of the United States. This approach continues when looking at the responses of various state and local governments but takes a micro approach when looking at the effects on individuals such as athletes, students, and patients in pain. This full spectrum approach allows the reader to gain an understanding of the opioid epidemic in a way that has never been presented in other sources.
Opioids 360 addresses and explains critical issues, by having experts from various fields come together to focus their attention and knowledge on this problem affecting our nation. The chapters in Opioids 360 are written by experts in the fields of criminology, medicine, economics, psychology, sociology, communication, religion, and ethics. It also includes sections of students talking to students. In the "Beyond Opioids" chapter, five Methodist University undergraduate students talk directly to students across the country about medication issues involving PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, and Drug seeking behavior. Practical policy recommendations are offered throughout the book. They are designed to educate as well as to help improve and save lives. This book would be of interest to students and scholars studying criminology, criminal justice, sociology, psychology, medicine, economics and many more.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Darl Champion
Introduction by Eric S. See & Sarah A. See
Chapter One: Flipping the Script on Narratives About Opioid Addiction by J. Scott Lewis
Chapter Two: Opioids from Abroad: The Chinese Connection by Josiah R. Baker
Chapter Three: The International Dimension of America's Opioid Epidemic by Robert Gmeiner
Chapter Four: Regulation into Crisis: The Government's Role in the Opioid Epidemic by Josiah R. Baker and Matthew L. Dobra
Chapter Five: The News Media's Role in Reporting the Opioid Crisis by Kevin Swift
Chapter Six: Bringing Suit Against Big Pharma: State and Local Government's Response to the Opioid Crisis by Paul Knudson
Chapter Seven: An Examination of the Opioid Crisis in the "Live Free or Die" State by David A. Mackey
Chapter Eight: Opioids in Medical Practice by Deborah L. Morris
Chapter Nine: Is it Acceptable to Prescribe Opioids for a Recovering Addict Suffering from Chronic Pain? A Virtue Ethics Approach by Michael Potts
Chapter Ten: Psychology and Opioids by Mark Kline, Laura Mars, and Madison Brunson
Chapter Eleven: The War on Patients: Patients' Rights to Receive Opioid Pain Medications by Eric S. See and Sarah A. See
Chapter Twelve: Opioids and Athletes by Hugh Harling
Chapter Thirteen: Students Talking to Students: College Students and Prescription Medication Beyond Opioids by Kaylee Williams, Rebecca McGaughnea, Sydney Wixtrom, Ally Mason, and Abigail Warf
Index
About the Contributors

About the author

Sarah A. See is assistant professor in the division of criminal justice and military science at Methodist University.Eric S. See is professor and division head of criminal justice and military science at Methodist University.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah a See See, Sarah A. See See
• Assisted by: Eric S See (Editor), Eric S. See (Editor), Sarah A See (Editor), Sarah A. See (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.02.2025
• EAN: 9781538192566
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9256-6
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, LAW / Drugs & the Law, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Violence in society, Central / national / federal government policies, Violence & abuse in society, Laws Of Specific Jurisdictions, Central government policies, Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law