Comments by Viviana Garcia Most recent public comments by Viviana Garcia https://nowcomment.com/users/61109 Students will not learn how to moderate their own screen time outside of school. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164086?scroll_to=1634227 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164086?scroll_to=1634227 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 23:05:02 -0400 So much of our lives revolves around our phones that they inevitably affect our attention. We should learn how to moderate our own screen time. https://nowcomment.com/documents/169447?scroll_to=1634225 https://nowcomment.com/documents/169447?scroll_to=1634225 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:01:09 -0400 Steps like these should be taken to ensure that kids are not being affected mentally. I wonder what kind of controls Apple will allow parents moderated and how kids will react to having their own screen time monitored https://nowcomment.com/documents/168180?scroll_to=1634223 https://nowcomment.com/documents/168180?scroll_to=1634223 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:58:06 -0400 They can be a distraction in the classroom, but they can also be a tool that students can be taught how to use. School administrators should teach us how to use things responsibley instead of banning them altogether. https://nowcomment.com/documents/168156?scroll_to=1634220 https://nowcomment.com/documents/168156?scroll_to=1634220 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:53:07 -0400 It is almost impossible to say no to technology because we depend on it so much. W can try to lower screen time, but even our education is dependent on computers. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164845?scroll_to=1634218 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164845?scroll_to=1634218 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:50:10 -0400 We are think we are using social media for positive reasons but they are having negative effects on us. https://nowcomment.com/documents/172222?scroll_to=1632769 https://nowcomment.com/documents/172222?scroll_to=1632769 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 16:33:02 -0500 Being on our phones allows us to ignore our problems https://nowcomment.com/documents/172189?scroll_to=1632529 https://nowcomment.com/documents/172189?scroll_to=1632529 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 12:50:54 -0500 We need to recognize how they are tricking us to be on our phones more. https://nowcomment.com/documents/172189?scroll_to=1632528 https://nowcomment.com/documents/172189?scroll_to=1632528 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:45:09 -0500 They allow patients to fail 4 times before they are turned away and endure that patients are taking their own Suboxone. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1626264 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1626264 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:43:41 -0500 Aurora's facility it overflowing with patients. They try to accept everyone but not if they have mental illnesses (then they need to go to a more intensive treatment) https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1626247 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1626247 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:42:16 -0500 In order to fix the problem neighborhoods must admit that they have a problem. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1626244 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1626244 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:39:49 -0500 Large facilities in large cities VS. Clusters of small facilities in rural areas and small towns https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624905 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624905 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:12:37 -0500 Acadia Healthcare (500 facilities in 39 states) $140-$280 a week for Suboxone. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624887 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624887 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:10:48 -0500 (no need for security and storage) Profitable between 150-200 patients. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624883 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624883 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:08:05 -0500 costs stay low because: 1) real estate is cheaper in rural areas 2) small facilities (Aurora 1,000 sq ft Methadone clinic 20,000 sq ft) 3) Two full-time staff and prescribing doctors get payed by the hour 4) Doesn't dispense medication https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624882 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624882 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:06:41 -0500 Addiction is a chronic condition https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624870 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624870 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:01:02 -0500 Privately operated residential treatment programs: $10,000 to $50,000 (for 30 days), Publicly funded programs: long waiting lists and only in cities, Groups: $65 (for 7 days) + $30-$60 for medication https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624867 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624867 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:09:02 -0500 The 12 step program was the only help addicts could find, but it didn't have much success. Groups is like AA with medication. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624864 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624864 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:56:41 -0500 Dr. DeFlavio: noticed all his patients were on prescription pain meds. founded Groups. 1st Groups: Claremont, New Hampshire. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624860 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624860 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:53:44 -0500 Councilman limits naloxone revivals to 2. Sheriff doesn't allow deputies to use naloxone. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624836 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624836 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:46:24 -0500 Stigma against addiction comes from hate https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624833 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624833 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:43:27 -0500 Stigma agains opioid addiction is another barrier. Neighborhoods don't want methadone clinics to be build near their homes because they believe they don't deserve tax payer support. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624152 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624152 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:33:43 -0500 The most effective treatment for opioid addicts is medication-assisted treatment, but there are many economical and proximity barriers. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624150 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624150 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:30:29 -0500 November 2015: Life expectancy of white middle-aged Americans decline because of death by suicide, alcoholism, and drug overdoses. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624148 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624148 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:27:55 -0500 Purdue told doctors, patients, and regulators that oxycontin had a low risk of addiction compared to other pain pills in the market. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624146 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624146 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:24:06 -0500 Groups has been successful enough to open 15 new clinics in 18 months in the midwest. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624130 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624130 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:19:25 -0500 Suboxone is harder to abuse than methadone. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624129 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624129 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:16:14 -0500 Many say that medication assisted treatments like methadone is only another drug that addicts can abuse. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624128 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624128 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:14:44 -0500 There are many "pain clinics" in any direction but only one methadone clinic. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624127 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624127 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:11:54 -0500 Addicts get their opioids from "pain clinics" https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624125 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1624125 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:09:40 -0500 Solution: regional coalitions across the state https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1620331 https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1620331 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 16:38:23 -0500 There must be some sort of repercussion to using Narcan if we want any change in the Opioid Epidemic https://nowcomment.com/documents/170479?scroll_to=1612984 https://nowcomment.com/documents/170479?scroll_to=1612984 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:51:06 -0500 "Feed the person not the addiction". https://nowcomment.com/documents/170479?scroll_to=1612976 https://nowcomment.com/documents/170479?scroll_to=1612976 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:49:17 -0500 Helping them so that they can overdose again. https://nowcomment.com/documents/170479?scroll_to=1612971 https://nowcomment.com/documents/170479?scroll_to=1612971 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:48:27 -0500 People (in criminal justice or first responders) say that after using Narcan, they only go to find more opioids and are upset that they ruined their high. https://nowcomment.com/documents/170479?scroll_to=1612966 https://nowcomment.com/documents/170479?scroll_to=1612966 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:47:54 -0500 There are more alcohol deaths than opioid deaths. https://nowcomment.com/documents/170479?scroll_to=1612949 https://nowcomment.com/documents/170479?scroll_to=1612949 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:45:09 -0500 Medication-assisted treatment, housing, supportive social services, 24-hour hotline (stabilization center: people can drop in to get sober) https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612579 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612579 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:40:53 -0500 After being treated for an overdose, patients are not given enough help to work towards recovering. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612577 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612577 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:37:44 -0500 "No use in recovery tomorrow, if we can't stop a fatal overdose today." https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612575 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612575 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:35:43 -0500 Naloxone doesn't save lives, it extends lives until the next overdose" -Paul LePage (Wen: based on stigma not science) https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612574 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612574 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:34:45 -0500 10,000 units distributed. 12,500 residents were trained (1/2 of active heroin users) https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612572 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612572 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:31:51 -0500 Naloxone creates a 30-90 minute window in which medical treatment can be sought. CAN'T be self administered. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612567 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612567 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:28:44 -0500 "Wen: cut healthcare costs, removed lead from homes, walkable neighborhoods, reasonably priced nutritious food" https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612564 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612564 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:25:53 -0500 "Addiction is a sickness not a scourge" https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612561 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612561 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:22:11 -0500 Wen's Plan: Preventing overdoses, Treating Addiction, Ending Stigma against users. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612559 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612559 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:21:35 -0500 Mother of 2 died waiting for an appointment to be treated. Came in asking for help dozens of times. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612556 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164184?scroll_to=1612556 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:17:10 -0500 Increase treatment, decrease punishment https://nowcomment.com/documents/169291?scroll_to=1600149 https://nowcomment.com/documents/169291?scroll_to=1600149 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:27:37 -0500 overdoses are increasing in white teens and have remained constant for minorities (African Americans and Latinos/Hispanics) https://nowcomment.com/documents/169291?scroll_to=1600148 https://nowcomment.com/documents/169291?scroll_to=1600148 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:27:00 -0500 2002-2013: 4x more overdoses https://nowcomment.com/documents/169291?scroll_to=1600146 https://nowcomment.com/documents/169291?scroll_to=1600146 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:25:17 -0500 Synthetic opioids (used by Mexican dealers) shipped from China are 100x-1000x more powerful https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1559051 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1559051 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:25:58 -0500 Drug companies profit: tens of billions of dollars https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1559050 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1559050 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:53:12 -0500 1999-2014: opioid sales increase 4x, overdoses increased 4x https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1559049 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1559049 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:52:28 -0500 Opioid problem began 1980's: physicians wanted to treat chronic pain. Reagan admin removed laws that prevented pharmaceutical companies from advertising to consumers. Highly potent pain pills filled the US https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1558746 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1558746 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:21:30 -0500 Groups: opioid treatment, prescribes Suboxone, to towns of under 10,000 people, low cost ($65 a week), minimal staff. Goal: good treatment to the most amount of people (only one treatment option )(not necessarily the best). Clinics can't keep up. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1558632 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1558632 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:18:15 -0500 Medication-assisted treatment is seen as getting off one frug to go to another https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1558559 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1558559 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:53:48 -0500 Methadone Clinics medically treat people with narcotic dependancies (reduces withdrawals symptoms without the high). Having scarce amounts of these treats people, but it doesn't rehabilitate them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1558535 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1558535 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:52:18 -0500 Obtaining opioids is very easy, and payment doesn't have to be money. Treatment however, is the opposite https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1558523 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1558523 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:46:54 -0500 500% increase of overdoses between 1999 and 2014 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1558517 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1558517 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:44:54 -0500 First responders aren't trained to recognize the symptoms, council, motivate people into treatment, or find resources for help https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1558512 https://nowcomment.com/documents/164185?scroll_to=1558512 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:43:46 -0500 Pumas is not Drug Medi-Cal certified so it can't get funding from the state. Medication-assisted treatment programs were set up but the physicians were not licensed, couldn't perscribe buprenorphine https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1558267 https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1558267 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 09:00:26 -0500 2014: Pumas- 20.53 per 100,000. State-4.92 per 100,000. 2015: Pumas 31.3 per 100,000. State- 4.73 per 100,000. 2016: Pumas- none https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1558266 https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1558266 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 08:54:28 -0500 Rural areas have higher rates of hospital closures (addicts can't get help), unemployment, and less access to resources https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1558264 https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1558264 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 08:50:34 -0500 Buprenorphine- used in opioid-replacement treatment, but there is very little access to it, addicts only other way is to quit cold turkey https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1558263 https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1558263 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 08:47:23 -0500 Northern Sierra Opioid Safety Coalition -> provide safer prescribing/ increase access to naloxone/ expand access to treatment https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1554081 https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1554081 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:49:42 -0500 Each coalition depends on the community -> each work to solve a problem https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1554066 https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1554066 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:44:46 -0500 -alternatives to opioid/ safer prescribing/ helping addicts get off drugs https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1554065 https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1554065 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:42:17 -0500 state funding Opioid Safety Coalitions -> counties combine opioid treatment resources https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1554064 https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1554064 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:39:46 -0500 Problem https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1554063 https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1554063 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:35:54 -0500 Problem https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1554062 https://nowcomment.com/documents/163617?scroll_to=1554062 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:36:11 -0500 !!! https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545788 https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545788 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:39:55 -0500 (Young Life) https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545787 https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545787 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:39:36 -0500 Consequences of the US border https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545786 https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545786 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:39:09 -0500 The hope of building a better life is their dream, and worth the consequences https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545783 https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545783 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:38:10 -0500 They are living in constant fear https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545781 https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545781 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:34:04 -0500 Young Life- offers students a safe community https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545778 https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545778 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:29:23 -0500 Lopez felt lonely, out of place https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545776 https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545776 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:25:48 -0500 The students close themselves off https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545775 https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545775 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:24:43 -0500 "the middle"-Church groups and national networks (where they feel they belong) https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545774 https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545774 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:22:00 -0500 "best outcome for my life" https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545773 https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545773 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:20:27 -0500 These laws are preventing students from bettering themselves and building a better future https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545772 https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1545772 Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:19:40 -0500 The extra students benefit school https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1543168 https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1543168 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:47:28 -0500 Consequences of lying about where you live to the school district. https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1543145 https://nowcomment.com/documents/162106?scroll_to=1543145 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:46:30 -0500