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Orange County/Anaheim Opioid Crisis
Opioid medication/drugs are highly addictive due to their effect on their user. Opioids induce a state of euphoria(happiness/excitement) which will make the user want to take more to feel the same effect. According to The Prescription Opioid and Heroin Crisis: A Public Health Approach to an Epidemic of Addiction

Orange County healthcare agency provides a lot of information on the opioid crisis researchers. Dr. Curtis Condon manager of OC Health Care Agency talks about by demanding prescription drugs specifically opioids examples of this are hydrocodone and oxycodone with the number of 1,711,809. Not only this but there been multiple visits to the Ed room from the years 2005 and 2015 and this number has doubled 141% reported by the Department of Justice ages from 18 to 24 I've had a total of 425 visits to the Ed room 20% Which is the highest out of all age groups. Not only that but with deaths from 2011 to 2015 and 16 has a total rate of 9.7 due to opioids after 2016 that there has been a reported of 300 deaths. Over on Orange County there been 2300 cases of Ed visits and they have increased by 215% from those years in 2006 and 2016. Sandra Fair, member of Orange County Health Agency explain more to death of white people AR struggling with opioid abuse and what are the influences so looking at the doctors information and data that he's provided she talks about how 50.7 people are influenced by friends 36.6 are prescribed 8.1% is from family influences. Sandra Fair discusses the issue during a meeting recently last year about how did they get prevent and at least or at most he's the problem speaking on what type of programs there are what type of systems that they could do why they are getting help and what is currently being done. Sandra Fair talks about nalaxone and how it is a prevention medication for opioid abuse or overdose on prescription when talking about Services she talks about the cal-optimal opioid strategy, Chelsea talks about who needs opioids and as service came out its people who are injured chronic pain the elderly people with mental health disorders and etc. Do most of their surveys she talks about how those who are struggling would need some type of form of housing employment and in the community that could help them out including Family Services, examples of this would be the Phoenix multi-sport exercise programs 12 step AA groups private residences by perinatal or Western Avenue Church of Christ the OC rep finding jobs. Sandra Fair goes into further detail on why people don't get help in the first place when it comes to addiction to opioids as on the surveys she came up with 6 reasons why this happens so the first is the cost of the lack of insurance or would be denial that they don't want help or need it third would be the stigma personal or social issue they don't know where to get or delayed admissions waitlist or refuse readmission from previous programs. Previous information on prevention of people using on opioids or any type of prescription medication or drugs would be the use of naloxone or as the brand name narcan an opioid to prevent and help those who have overdosed or having a major addiction.