9A- Testing the Hypothesis Part 2

9A- Testing the Hypothesis Part 2

1.     Who- When I was conducting my interviews this past weekend, I did find that there was a 50/50 market of people that were considered outside the problem? These people in particular have been accustom to opioids or the drug scene for a good portion of their life. One of the people I interviewed was an owner of a smoke shop and he told me he has seen anything and everything in this category. The next two candidates were people that I visited a nursing home and asked if they were on opioids or any pain killer for more than ten years and they were. They seemed immune to the pain or the ability of the body to recover on its own. The last two people I interviewed were both parents in my neighborhood that I know one of their son’s became addicted to these drugs and the other mother is currently dealing with this issue and she is at the depression stage. These candidates are very well aware of the affects, people, outcomes, even knowledge if what these drugs can do to the human body and the people around them.

i)      The first candidate seemed to know the scope of the business overall in marijuana. The reason I interviewed him is from many studies they say that marijuana is the leading drug or Segway to these hard narcotics. He told me that the age of people that normally come into the shop is roughly about 18-30 years old. He didn’t think he was doing any harm which he isn’t, but he didn’t know any of the outside factors.

ii)    The following two candidates from the nursing home were totally adherent and focused on the conversation. I assumed walking in that they would be drugged up and not be able to have a conversation. This set a light bulb in my head that this is how much and how long these two individuals have been using these opioids. One of the candidate’s evens said that sometimes they aren’t in pain, but the nurse makes her take the pills for regulation and safety purposes.

iii)  The last two people I interviewed were the mothers. This conversation was very emotional and sensitive, so I had to be careful on the wording of the questioning. However, they both agreed that the surrounding of their children and who they were hanging out with both put a hinder on the path of drugs.

2.     What- The mothers both came to a single question that they ask themselves every day on the sense of “why are these drugs on the market if there have been studies that food or herbal supplements can heal the body?”

3.     Why- I think drugs are still going to happen until the end of time. It is technical a legal drug cartel that will always wins. They have the chemist, the pharmacy, the supply, and most importantly the demand. Whether its satisfaction or misery the individual is getting what they wanted.

	Inside the boundary	Outside the boundary
Who	·      Mothers that have experienced the drug abuse with their children ·      Patients that have a high tolerance for the opioids ·      Business owners that are aware of the epidemic and do not know what to do	·      Parents that their children do not do drugs ·      People that are not immune to opioids in their system ·      Owners of business not have no affiliation with marijuana or the Segway to opioids
What	·      To reduce the amount of addicts ·      To make families and facilities aware of the harm these drugs result in to the body	·      To eliminate these drugs in general ·      The individual to take control over one’s life and not choose that path
Why	·      People want to feel the “high” ·      Doctors cannot always take the blame for a drug that was created