Chasing Time With Coffee

INFP Name: Emily From: Minnesnowta

[holly-warbs]

Happy shoppers.

[birdkoskincare]

nov. 9, 2018. i’m really enjoying my november bullet journal spreads so far — the blues are because i’m feeling this strange sense of calm melancholy, where i know things will turn out okay but the rain and missing home still make me sad, in an almost cosy way. it’s not dull-grey-depressed, though, but a soft twilight blue.

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05. 16. 18 — you do, too. 

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apr.20 | all set up and ready to seize the day :)

ps. If you could afford it, buy a laptop stand. This amazing thing will save your neck and back.

[thegoodvybe]

[jylstudies]

02.11.17 // 3:48 PM

Finally done with exams for this month! Time to rest so I can get ready for my race tomorrow. Hope everyone’s having a lovely weekend!

[helenatriestostudy]

shooting stars and comets 💫

[xeptum]

[haleyincarnate]

WHAT YOU ALLOW WILL CONTINUE.

[nobrashfestivity]

Edvard Munch, “Towards the forest” variations. color woodcuts, from two woodblocks, one sawn into three pieces, on imitation vellum paper.

[terranaut]

More of the town that inspired Spirited Away.

Rain and Lights - Jiufen, Taiwan - February, 2015

[yesterdaysprint]

Higher Education, Webster Murray, 1926

[p-arseltongue]

 first christmas at hogwarts

[archatlas]

关若鹏 水彩画家 KwanYeukPang

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Louis Dazy | Tumblr

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Samantha Wall - 31 Days (2017) ‒ A drawing mantra performed every day during the month of January using Indian ink on yupo paper. 

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MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION How did we let this happen as a country?!! Shouldn't we have seen this is coming!? I mean didn't doctors know what they were doing when they were prescribing these drugs? And to that end didn't pharmaceutical companies?

The opioid epidemic in the U.S. is fundamentally tied to two primary issues. The first issue is the significant rise in opioid analgesic prescriptions that began in the mid-to-late 1990s. Not only did the volume of opioids prescribed increase, but well-intentioned healthcare providers began to prescribe opioids to treat pain in ways that we now know are high-risk and have been associated with opioid abuse, addiction, and overdose, such as prescribing at high doses and for longer durations or prescribing opioids in combination with medications like benzodiazepines which can substantially increase the risk for overdose. Providers also began to prescribe opioids for many different types of chronic pain such as low back pain, headache, and fibromyalgia – conditions we now know do not respond well to opioids. The second issue is a lack of health system and healthcare provider capacity to identify and engage individuals, and provide them with high-quality, evidence-based opioid addiction treatment, in particular the full spectrum of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with naltrexone, buprenorphine, or methadone. It is well-documented that the majority of people with opioid addiction in the U.S. do not receive treatment, and even among those who do, many do not receive evidence-based care.  This lack of access to treatment is a significant contributor to rising rates of heroin and illicit fentanyl use, injection drug use, and overdose death. Accounting for these fundamental factors is paramount to the development of a successful strategy to combat the opioid crisis.

There was definitely an element of misinformation and deceit that was the tipping point for all of this. In 1996 the American Pain Society coined the phrase “pain as a 5th vital sign,” which eventually brought the pain scale into every acute care setting in America. Coincidentally (perhaps,) 1996 was the same year Perdue Pharma introduced OxyContin with an aggressive marketing campaign that touted it was “non-addictive” and “safe for long-term pain management.” A large portion of their profit was invested back into lobbying against regulations that allowed the problem to perpetuate. Here’s a source for additional information: 

Dreamland: The True Story of America’s Opiate Epidemic

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I’m digging this Q&A.