Robert Kingwell, 71, 73, 77–79
Andrew Kolodny, 34–35, 37–38, 42, 48, 75
fentanyl, 11, 12–13, 42–43
Harm Reduction Coalition, 95
harm reduction programs, 98–99
heroin, 4–6, 8–13, 18, 20–25, 31–35, 37, 40–42,
44–45, 47, 51–65, 78, 89–92, 95–99,
103, 105
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 36–37, 90,
94–95, 97
hydrocodone, 11, 48, 57, 73
hydromorphone, 11
Hysingla, 48
illegal drugs, 8, 11–12, 20, 26–29, 40–41, 51,
61, 78
infographics, 7, 9, 17, 19, 28, 63, 75
inpatient rehabilitation programs, 46, 82–85
Keeping Children and Families Safe Act, 65
Kull, Adam, 4–6, 8, 12–13, 30
Kull, Brian, 4, 8, 30
Kull, Donna, 4–6, 8
laudanum, 60
lawsuits
Narendra K. Nagareddy, 68–69
Hsiu-Ying “Lisa” Tseng, 66–69
marijuana, 27, 40, 55, 80, 94
medication-assisted treatment (MAT), 88
cons, 92–94
pros, 90–92
mental illness
and drug addicition, 26
methadone, 65, 88–89, 91, 93–95
methamphetamine, 8, 11, 14–16, 21, 24, 40, 44,
47, 81, 94
morphine, 10, 18–19, 48, 60–61, 64
naloxone, 45–46, 57, 89–90
naltrexone, 90
Narcan, 46, 59, 62
See also
Naloxone
narcotics, 11, 29, 38, 62, 65, 67, 69–70, 72, 79
Narcotics Anonymous (NA), 46, 86–87
National Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Information Center, 48
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug
Dependence, 24–25, 29
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 25–26,
54, 62, 84–85, 87–88
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, 72
National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 28, 47
needle exchange clinics, 37
in Canada, 95–98
controversy, 95
in the United States, 98–99
neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), 63–64
neurology
and addiction, 16–22
opioid receptors, 18–21, 88–90, 92
reward pathways, 18, 20
serotonin, 18
synaspes, 16–17
neurons, 16–21, 34
neurotransmitters, 17, 20–21
nicotine, 21
nonlethal overdose, 10
Norco, 57–58
Opana, 11, 37, 48
opiates, 11, 49, 69, 76
codeine, 10, 18
heroin, 9–10, 18, 31
morphine, 10, 18
opioid abuse and dependence, 10
opioid receptors, 18–21, 88–90, 92
opioids, 20–22, 24–25, 26, 29, 38–40, 45–47,
49–50, 51–53, 56, 61, 64–65, 66, 68–79,
89–90, 92–94
Demerol, 11
fentanyl, 11, 12–13, 42–43
hydrocodone, 11, 48, 57, 73
hydromorphone, 11
Hysingla, 48
Opana, 11, 37, 48
oxycodone, 11, 23, 36
OxyContin, 9, 11, 40, 42, 48, 54–55, 58
oxymorphone, 37, 74
Percocet, 5, 11, 32, 42
Percodan, 11, 35
Roxanol, 11
Vicodin, 5, 9, 11, 32, 35, 43–44, 48
Zohydro, 11, 48
opium poppy, 9, 18, 60
outpatient treatment programs, 85–86, 88
overdosing, 97, 99
deaths, 8–13, 23, 29, 33–34, 43–44, 47,
48–50, 55–56, 66–68, 89–90, 95
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