Heroin And National
Concerns
Not a day passes without a major warning about the heroin epidemic
ravaging America, destroying lives and contributing to crime.
In the month of July 2015 Washington Post for instance dedicated a long
lengthy front-page article, in addition to an editorial urging for tighter
control of prescription pain medications.
According to CDC the number of annual deaths
from drowning, motorcycle accidents and heroin overdoses approximate 1.5 deaths
per hundred thousand population for each subgroup significantly smaller than
12.9 deaths from suicide.
Do we have a suicide epidemic? Some 40,000 lost lives suggest we have a
big problem.
Do we have national headlines about depression killing thousands
needlessly? Do we read articles about a drowning epidemic?
One thing we know about heroin addiction is the sad reality that someone
must be
seriously mentally ill to rely on
heroin to feel better. Every heroin addict is a victim of serious mental illness.
This point gets lost in news paper
headlines.
How our press cover the lost lives from diverse causes offer helpful
insights into our perceptions and priorities.
Death by drowning, motorcycle accidents or suicide are natural and okay
death from heroin is something alarming to scream about.
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