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¿Cómo comenzó la crisis de los opiáceos en Estados Unidos?

Prescripción de medicamentos para el dolor disparó casos

Firefighter Jim Terrero (R) and Corey Joy, of the Manchester Fire Department, assess the condition of a 35-year-old man who had overdosed on heroin March 28, 2018 in Manchester, New Hampshire. The man was revived with two doses of Narcan.
Tucked away in the corner of a US fire station are two plastic chairs, a tiny poster saying "anyone, anytime, can recover," and a poem in memory of a 20-year-old woman who fatally overdosed in 2016. The space is little more than a cubby hole, but has become a safe harbor for drug addicts in New Hampshire and symbol of hope in the US fight against the opioid crisis, a group of drugs, which like morphine, dulls pain and induces euphoria.

 / AFP PHOTO / Don EMMERT
Firefighter Jim Terrero (R) and Corey Joy, of the Manchester Fire Department, assess the condition of a 35-year-old man who had overdosed on heroin March 28, 2018 in Manchester, New Hampshire. The man was revived with two doses of Narcan. Tucked away in the corner of a US fire station are two plastic chairs, a tiny poster saying "anyone, anytime, can recover," and a poem in memory of a 20-year-old woman who fatally overdosed in 2016. The space is little more than a cubby hole, but has become a safe harbor for drug addicts in New Hampshire and symbol of hope in the US fight against the opioid crisis, a group of drugs, which like morphine, dulls pain and induces euphoria. / AFP PHOTO / Don EMMERT DON EMMERT
Opiaceos2 El bombero Jim Terrero (R) y Corey Joy, del Departamento de Bomberos de Manchester, evalúan la condición de un hombre de 35 años que tomó una sobredosis de heroína el 28 de marzo de 2018 en Manchester, New Hampshire. El hombre fue revivido con dos dosis de Narcan. / AFP (DON EMMERT)

La epidemia de opiáceos que golpea a Estados Unidos y en particular al estado de New Hampshire se originó con la prescripción de medicamentos contra el dolor. ¿Cómo comenzó? ¿Qué efecto tienen los opiáceos en el cuerpo? ¿Alcanzó ya la crisis su máxima expresión?

Lisa Marsch, experta en prevención y tratamiento de enfermedades ligadas al abuso de sustancias y profesora de la Facultad de Medicina Geisel de la Universidad de Dartmouth, contesta estas preguntas.

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