Critical Analysis Portfolio and Presentation Proposal

Critical Analysis Portfolio and Presentation Proposal
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Introduction
Among the killer agents in the world for people of fifty years and below is drug abuse and overdose. The opioid is among the commonly abused drugs in the world. The abuse of opioids has hit hard the United States of America, where research shows that up to 300000 people have lost their lives to abuse opioids in recent years (Brill & Ganz, 2018). Statistics of abuse of opioids in the U.S. are the highest figures than any other country. Abuse of opioids is of national and international concern. However, the lessons and influence I get from the four lenses of education are continuously changing my objectives and expectations.
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History
It is necessary to find a solution to the abuse of the opioid drug, and one of the ways is through analyzing the history of the drug. Michael's House (2020) says the use of opioids can be traced back to B.C. when Hippocrates, who is seen as the father of medicine, endorsed the significance of opioids as a narcotic. A German chemist, in 1806, obtained a drug from opium, which he called it Morphine. The U.S. doctors and soldiers largely used Morphine during the civil war period to ease pain, respiratory problems and anxiety as Michael's House (2020). Morphine was also used to treat other female conditions. People got addicted to using morphine drug, which was extracted from opium since the 1800s and the present time. The addiction has prompted the center for disease control, CDC, to give a prescription for the use of narcotics mainly because those who survived the civil war suffered a disorder called the soldiers' disease. It is, therefore, clear that the opioid crisis began way back in history. If only the people knew and took the initiative to stop its abuse in the initial stages.
Humanities
One of the biggest problems the world is battling is addiction. People in the United States, like all other countries, are addicted to various things, and the addiction to opioids is equally high. The field of humanities plays a crucial role in dealing with addiction. Humanitarians work together with other disciplines for better solutions through brainstorming of different ideas (School of Public Health, 2018). The field of humanities plays a specific role as B.U. Center for the Humanities (2018) states. Humanities critically observe the underlying social stigma as a result of addiction. It also digs deep into the characteristics of the physical reality, which has many consequences on the treatment as well as the regulations. A personalized analysis that I did, however, concludes that there is no field in the humanities that is devoted to solving the addiction problem. It is, nonetheless, important to include researchers in...