Background: The opioid crisis is a complex problem associated with significant economic costs for healthcare systems and society. Simulation models have been developed to understand its complexity and to evaluate the potential costs of different strategies to address this problem.Methods: A...

Drug addiction reflects abnormal operation of normal neural circuitry. More than physical dependence, addiction represents changes in the brain that lead to increased craving and diminished capacity for the control of impulses. Given the growing biological understanding of addiction, it is...

The objectives of this study are to find; 1) the power and knowledge that create the myth of drug addictions, 2) the illusive mythology, and 3) the approaches in which the myth of drug addictions can be dismantled using the critical discourse analysis or CDA. This work reflects the use of...