https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/04/19/opioid-crisis-emergency-disease-public-health-column/529183002/
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The last section of this article (Opioid addiction is preventable) caught my attention. Opioid addiction is preventable if you remove people from homelessness, joblessness, or loneliness. In a world with Facebook, do you think loneliness is becoming more prevalent? We spend less time together as a community compared to how much we post online. Do you think social media has contributed to our loneliness as a society?
Social media has become so prevalent in people's lives to the point where many severely lack human connection. As we have learned the opposite of addiction is connection. With social media although there is connection, nothing replaces physical connection with people.
ReplyDeleteI would say addiction is more preventable for people who’s quality of life is better. As we’ve talked about in class, those with poorer quality of life are often times those that turn to drugs and fall into addiction
ReplyDeleteDespite of loneliness (I agree with above arguments), various and unfiltered information that Facebook and other networking web may bring to the public and especially young people. It may also build a connection between drugs and kids.
ReplyDeleteYes, instead of interacting with people, we can just look at our phones. Not saying this is always a bad thing, but it is a factor in loneliness in our day and age.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I believe that the increase in cell phone communication has decreased our in person communication skills. Consequently, leading to loneliness.
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