The History of the Increase in Opiate Addiction LaKeisha Davenport Grand Canyon University: PCN 527 February 27, 2019

Annotated Bibliography Gooden Center Treatment Services. (2018). The Past, Present and Future of the Opioid Crisis. Retrieved from Gooden Center Treatment Services: This reference discusses the opioid epidemic, its history and also about the increase in deaths and healthcare costs connected to the drug. It gives insight into what made doctors become more relaxed about prescribing opioids to patients and how the drug has advanced so quickly. It also looks at why so many individuals began to depend on the drug, the use of opiods in the future, and educational programs for physicians to...