Throughout the history of the United States, thousands of epidemics and crisis have swept across the nation. A very popular epidemic that has had a major impact in the country and that is still currently going on in some locations is the opioid epidemic. The opioid epidemic involves the abuse of illegal and illegal drugs, along with the abuse of common painkillers. Some of the drugs that are heavily involved include heroin, morphine, fentanyl, codeine, hydrocodone, and oxycodone. Nationally, this is a very serious problem and, “nearly 100 people die each day from opioid misuse” (Trimble, 5 Fast Facts on the U.S. Opioid Addiction Crisis), according to an estimate from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Although this crisis affects multiple states in the United States tremendously, the opioid crisis is deemed as the worst public health crisis in Ohio. In Ohio, “at least 12 people die each day due to drug overdoses…..drug overdoses has …show more content…
In the year of 2014, Ohio suffered more deaths than any other state in the country. From then, the number of deaths has only risen. According to health officials, there were “4,050 [deaths] in 2016-a 32.8 increase from the previous year” (Serrano, Engulfed in Opioid Deaths, Ohio Turns to Science). Other effects feature the overrun of city morgues, forced thousands of children into foster care and turned the capital of Ohio, Dayton, into the overdose capital of the United States. In an attempt to provide treatment, in 2016, Ohio poured close to $1 billion into fighting the crisis through prevention, such as the use of law enforcement. Eventually, the state tried to use different tactics and angles like technology. “Universities, hospitals, and medical device manufacturers are now vying for grant money with proposals that include implantable therapeutic meshes and systems that deliver electric nerve jolts” (Serrano, Engulfed in Opioid Deaths, Ohio Turns to