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Opioids in Youth: Pandemic
Darwin Brandis/iStock Covid 19, and the pandemic brought about many changes to the day-to-day life of Canadians. Many youths, uncertainty loomed overhead. There lives changed overnight and drastically. No longer allowed to attend in person classes or see their friends. Effects of the Pandemic on Youth and Opioids What can we do? Create awareness of… Read more
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A Virtual Overview: How the process of recovery evinces its digital domain
By Glory Okeleke The Covid-19 pandemic candidly unmasked the necessity for the digitization of operative restoration processes as a whole. But even more specifically, those who benefit from this digitized process of healing the most, are individuals that face struggles with substance use and reliance. Just as the statistics of illicit and licit drug users… Read more
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Opioid Recovery: Getting the public to pay attention with positive reinforcements
Positive wording connected to a topic that can make people feel hopeless, makes them pay attention. Positive public interactions News articles have the power to make or break people’s positive perceptions of a story. Using positive words in connection with issues such as drug crisis’s, like the Opioid Crisis, gives people hope and empathy for… Read more
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Statistics Show Opioids Affect Male Workforce in Canada
New information from the Government of Canada demonstrates federal initiatives toward helping male opioid users in the workplace. Male trade workers are more likely to be affected by substance abuse disorder than any other gender demographic. By Alex Brickstock Substance Use Within Trades The opioid crisis has become a challenging public health issue that has… Read more
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Scare tactics: How they are detrimental to causes such as the Opioid Crisis and the reader
by: Amy Dougherty Scare tactics in news and media cause a reader to feel uneasy and unsettled when reading an article. In some cases, this is imperative to getting a message across, however for an issue such as the Opioid Crisis it leads to more stigma and detrimental perspectives. When we talk about topics like… Read more
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Our words have power: The effect of how we word something can lead to major differences in perception.
by: Amy Dougherty Wording has power to convince us of a certain thought or perception, how that wording is used can change the outlook of a topic. Wording is one of the most important aspects of media, how we chose to write a sentence, paragraph or entire article is fully based on how we want… Read more
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