The Sharp Rise in Heroin Abuse in Recent Years Stems

question 13

Multiple Choice

The sharp rise in heroin abuse in recent years stems in large part from

• A) alcoholism.
• B) opioid prescription addiction.
• C) gateway drug use in one's adolescent years.
• D) family and employment challenges.

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Definitions:

Therapeutic Touch

A form of alternative medicine based on the theory that healers can identify and manipulate the energy field surrounding a person to promote healing.

Energy Fields

In some holistic and alternative medicine practices, invisible fields believed to surround and penetrate the human body, influencing health and healing.

Hydromorphone

A potent opioid analgesic medication used to relieve moderate to severe pain.

Naloxone (Narcan)

A medication used to counter the effects of opioid overdose, rapidly reversing the life-threatening respiratory depression.