A statement laid out by President Barack Obama and a CDC study “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summary” both relate the idea of opioid abuse in society today. The CDC study revealed the prescribing rates for opioids twice as often as stimulants of benzodiazepines. The study also found that “In most states, opioid prescribing rates peaked in either the 45–54 years or the 55–64 years age group”. President Obama made a statement on October 23 2015, laying out his plan to tackle the growing opioid abuse in the US today. “Rite Aid will train 6,000 pharmacists on naloxone use over the next 12 months, and expand their naloxone dispensing program to additional states, according to the Obama administration”. This along with his plan to increase the number of health care advisors registered with their state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP’s). The step that President Obama is currently taking will allow for a tighter control of the PDMP’s and awareness of the danger of opioids to young teens.
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