All the readings are attached
https://harpers.org/archive/2018/04/the-pain-refugees/?single=1
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/10/05/553830794/to-save-opioid-addicts-this-experimental-court-is-ditching-the-delays
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-app-uses-sonar-to-detect-opioid-overdoses/
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/07/645609248/whats-the-evidence-that-supervised-drug-injection-sites-save-lives
The 2-page reflection should mainly cover material from the readings/videos but also can include content from my video and chapter. Try to touch on several of the readings/videos in your reflection. In the reflection portion, consider what interests you about the topic, injustices you perceive, any change in your perspectives, etc. Think and write critically. In writing your reflection, you may want to also consider material from other classes you have taken, personal experiences from your own life, previous units that we have covered, and/or knowledge about drugs that you bring into the class from other sources.
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Unit 7 Questions
*Every unit submission should begin with a two-page reflection as described in the syllabus.
After writing that reflection, in a separate section in the same document, please answer the questions below thoroughly.
“1. If we describe ‘harm reduction ‘ as “”a policy approach that accepts drug use as an unavoid able”
“reality of life and attempts to minimize the harms that come from drug behavior”, which policies”
discussed in this unit would fall into the harm reduction category and which would not?
2. What are some of the challenges of doing quality evaluations/research on safe injection sites
and products like the app discussed in this u.nit?
3. Based on the Harper ‘s Magazine article, do you think it is realistic that a balance can be found” between getting powerful opioids to people who need them while simultaneously limiting access to addicted drug seekers?
4. I’ve asked a similar funding question before relating to a past topic. If you were responsible
“for allocating how one billion dollars would be spent nationally in 2022 on addressing the opioid crisis, how would you allocate this money to create beneficial outcomes for this national”
problem?
