Reporters at Politico inferred in yesterday’s piece that “new treatment and social programs” are better than law and order. Nonetheless, they failed to take a few variables into account. Treatment and social programs do not work for every individual. People who are unable or simply choose not to take advantage of treatment programs need to be motivated differently. All the social programs and treatments in the world will not stop some people from abusing opioids. This is why law and order is necessary.
Curtailing Further Opioid Addictions
As reported by U.S. News, the level of training received by doctors has a significant impact on whether or not they prescribe opioids to patients. Physicians with less training prescribed nearly 50% of opioid treatments between the years of 2006 and 2014. Conversely, doctors who attended the best medical schools were much less likely to write a prescription for opioids.
Going forward, solutions for combating opioid addictions are clear. In addition to treatment programs and law and order, the law must require doctors to undergo the highest capacity of training before allowance to write prescriptions. In order to save people from opioid addictions, doctors need to be 100% sure of whether opioids are truly needed to remedy patients’ ailments.
