Drug addiction is a bad prescription for people, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. The two great epidemics of our times are intersecting, we need to highlight how these are impacting our society and we have to respond to a number of the underlying issues, which are worsening both disasters.
Addicts Produce Greater VulnerabilityIndividuals who suffer from addiction are especially vulnerable to catching the COVID-19 and with a more severe version of the virus when they do catch it. There are numerous reasons for this, but let’s boil down to something called societal determinants of health, which according to the CDC, “conditions in the places where folks live, learn, work, and play that affect a broad assortment of health risks and outcomes.”… Read the rest