La epidemia de los opioides y la crisis de las adicciones (The Opioid Epidemic and the Addiction Crisis) EPUB

Los opioides son sustancias que las personas han tomado durante siglos para aliviar el dolor, pero tambien son altamente adictivas.

En los ultimos anos, se ha visto en Estados Unidos un numero creciente de personas adictas a los opioides y que mueren a causa de ellos, lo que origina una crisis sanitaria que los medicos y las comunidades trabajan mucho por resolver.

Conoce de que manera Estados Unidos se convirtio en el pais con mayor consumo diario de opiaceos del mundo, como ha afectado la situacion a las personas y las familias y que se estan haciendo para tratar la epidemia.Opioids are drugs that people have taken for centuries to alleviate pain, but they are also highly addictive.

In the past several years, the United States has seen a growing number of people addicted to and dying from opioids, creating a health crisis that doctors and communities are working hard to solve.

Learn how the United States became the world leader in daily opioid use, how the situation has impacted individuals and families, and what people are doing to treat the epidemic.Read Woke(TM) Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian.

Inspired by a belief that knowledge is power, Read Woke Books seek to amplify the voices of people of the global majority (people who are of African, Arab, Asian, and Latin American descent and identify as not white), provide information about groups that have been disenfranchised, share perspectives of people who have been underrepresented or oppressed, challenge social norms and disrupt the status quo, and encourage readers to take action in their community.