Sakataren Yada Labarai Sean Spicer Ya Kwatanta Amfani da Sabo zuwa Cutar Opioid

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Marijuana ita ce sabon abin da ke fuskantar zargi daga sabuwar Gwamnatin Trump. Duk da cewa an halasta shi a jihohi takwas da kuma gundumar Columbia, yayin wani taron manema labarai jiya sakataren yada labaran fadar White House Sean Spicer ya sanar da cewa gwamnatin Trump na daukar tsayuwar daka kan amfani da tukunyar wasanni kuma ma'aikatar shari'a za ta "dau mataki" don tilastawa. manufofin tarayya da tauye haƙƙoƙin jihar don halatta abun.

Wannan na iya zama ba abin mamaki ba, kamar yadda Jeff Sessions, wanda Trump ya zaba don babban lauya, ya riga ya shiga cikin rikodin yana cewa "mutanen kirki ba sa shan tabar wiwi," cewa "marijuana ba shine irin abin da yakamata a halatta ba, "kuma cewa" hadari ne na gaske. " Amma abin da ya tayar da gira shi ne lokacin da Spicer ya bayyana dalilin da ya sa wannan sabon rikici ya faru, yana mai bayanin cewa amfani da tukunya yana kama da annoba na opioid na yanzu.

"Akwai babban bambanci tsakanin [likita] da marijuana na nishaɗi," in ji Spicer. "Kuma ina tsammanin lokacin da kuka ga wani abu kamar rikicin jaraba na opioid yana haɓaka a cikin jihohi da yawa a cikin wannan ƙasar, abu na ƙarshe da yakamata mu yi shine ƙarfafa mutane."

Amma zaka iya gaske kwatanta rikicin opioid-wanda ya kashe fiye da Amurkawa 33,000 a cikin 2015, haɓaka sau huɗu a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, bisa ga sabon bayanan CDC-tare da amfani da tukunyar nishaɗi, wanda ya kashe, oh, babu kowa.?

Amsar mai sauƙi da kai tsaye? A'a, in ji Audrey Hope, Ph.D., ƙwararren ƙwararriyar jaraba a Seasons a Malibu. "A matsayina na wanda ya yi aiki a fagen jaraba sama da shekaru 25, na yi matukar kaduwa da kalaman Spicer da Trump," in ji Hope. "A fili yake ba su da ilimi a kan wannan batu saboda babu wani abu da zai iya wuce ga gaskiya."

Matsalar farko da wannan da'awar da ta wuce gona da iri, in ji ta, ita ce magungunan guda biyu suna shafar jiki ta hanyoyi daban -daban. Opioids, gami da masu ba da magunguna da tabar heroin, suna ɗaure ga masu karɓa na opioid a cikin kwakwalwa, suna aiki don nuna alamun siginar zafi tare da samun tasiri a cikin manyan tsarin jiki. Marijuana, a gefe guda, tana ɗaure ga masu karɓar endocannabinoid a cikin kwakwalwa, ƙara dopamine (sinadaran "jin daɗi") da haɓaka shakatawa. (Wanda wataƙila shine dalilin da yasa ake samun kirim mai zafi na cannabis.) Hanyoyi daban-daban guda biyu a cikin jiki suna nufin suna da illa iri daban-daban da hanyoyin jaraba.

Matsala ta biyu ita ce, alaƙar da ke tattare da ita tana ƙara taɓarɓarewar gardama cewa marijuana “maganin ƙofa ce” ga abubuwa masu ƙarfi kamar tabar heroin, in ji Hope. "[Suna tunanin] tukunya yana haifar da annoba ta opioid don haka idan sun cire tukunyar, za su taimaka wajen dakatar da amfani da opioid. Amma daya ba shi da wani abu da ɗayan, "in ji ta. "Abin da suke faɗa ba ƙarya ba ne kawai amma zai iya cutar da mutane. Ɗaukar halattawar tukunya kawai ba zai dakatar da cutar ta opioid ba. Har yanzu muna da adadin masu amfani da opioid iri ɗaya."

Don haka, komai matsayin ku akan marijuana na nishaɗi (ko magani don wannan lamarin), kwatanta shi da mummunan rikicin opioid da ke shafar mutane na duk matakan samun kudin shiga a duk faɗin ƙasar ba daidai bane.

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