opioid #2
子どもが両親が亡くなっていることをバスドライバーに知らせたという記事です。死因は薬物の過剰摂取であると考えられております。室内には3人の子どもがおり，全員無傷でしたが，念のため病院に運ばれました。
記事の中で気になった単語は"opioid"です。Oxford Dictionaries.comには"A compound resembling opium in addictive properties or physiological effects"と定義されております。"opioid"は「麻薬性鎮痛薬やその関連合成鎮痛薬などのアルカロイドおよびモルヒネ様活性を有する内因性または合成ペプチド類の総称である。」というもののようです(ガイドライン｜日本緩和医療学会 - Japanese Society for Palliative Medicine)。(Ume)
Girl alerts bus driver to parents' death from apparent overdose
Authorities told WPXI they had responded to a suspected heroin overdose on the same street hours earlier, underscoring the epidemic of drug overdoses in both Allegheny County and nationwide.
Last year, there were 422 opioid-overdose deaths in Allegheny County, which includes McKeesport and Pittsburgh, a recent county health department report. found.
Across the country, more than 28,000 people died from overdoses of opioids such as heroin and prescription pain relievers in 2014, which was more than any year on record, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
The national problem with drug overdose made headlines last month when Ohio police released a graphic photo of a couple overdosing on heroin while the woman's four-year-old son sat in the backseat.
