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The Impact of Hurricane Season on Addiction
2022 hurricane season is approaching. During hurricanes, the insanity of addiction is displayed in the risks that those struggling with substance abuse take to continue abusing their substance(s) of choice.
In 2017, Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 hurricane, hit Houston with brutal force and left rising floodwaters. Before it made landfall, many scrambled to evacuate and get out safely. Of course, the citizens of Texas went into survival mode to help their fellow citizens. Many were rescued from being trapped inside their homes. People all over Houston gathered their families and pets and headed for shelters.
The number one priority of all the people of Houston was to get out and get out safely. But for those addicted to drugs, the survival of Hurricane Harvey meant something else entirely. A man named Johnny Durst, an advocate and outreach worker with the Montrose Counseling Center, understood that drug users would likely risk their lives to make sure they could acquire drugs and avoid withdrawal. Durst put together with care packages for IV drug users. These care packages included bleach kits for IV drug users and clean water.
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- The Impact of Hurricane Season and Addiction
- The Toll of Addiction
- Before the Storm
- Regardless of Consequences
- The Power of Addiction
- Ask Us a Question About Treatment
The Toll of Addiction
The people that Durst encountered said they did what they had to do to get what they needed. Food, water, clothes, and shelter naturally should have been what they sought. Instead, they spent their time seeking out drug dealers – to help them get what they needed to hold off withdrawal. Addiction is not known to discriminate, and the homeless were not the only ones looking for ways to stock up on drugs to hold them over during this hurricane. It was people from all walks of life- including those who could not refill their opioid pain prescriptions.
Stocking Up on Drugs Before the Storm
On Reddit, users created an entire discussion about this topic. People were trying to develop ways to stock up on opioid drugs before Hurricane Harvey hit. One person posted: “Before a storm, everyone was buying out all the water and bread, and I was buying all the dope to last through the floods.”
Some expected Houston to be a ghost town for a couple of days and wondered how they would get their hands on opiates to stay well. The conversations grew on Reddit, and some even began to discuss their fantasies of looting pharmacies and home medicine cabinets. Some with the attitude that all that matters is getting well versus surviving the natural disaster. All of this speaks volumes about the insanity and obsession with addiction.
Using Regardless of Consequences
Irma, a Category 5 hurricane, hit Florida in 2017. On Reddit, a man also posted a picture of him on a Florida interstate heading to his drug dealer while everyone else was evacuating. The contrast between those going north and those going south is telling. There are no vehicles on the south side of the road but a long line of backed-up traffic heading north during evacuation.
Still, the first concern for this man and the addicted remains to make sure they do not go into painful withdrawal. Regardless of the consequences, staying behind is what many drug users do during hurricanes.
A study conducted after Hurricane Katrina in 2011 with 119 interviewees found that many drug users put partying, maintaining their habits, and selling drugs ahead of their safety and evacuation (Dunlap & Golub, 2011). Hurricane Katrina left 80% of the city of New Orleans underwater. These drug users decided to put themselves and others at risk during the Hurricane.
The study gained insight into the drug market before and after Hurricane Katrina. Only 25 percent of the potential interviewees agreed to participate in the study. Many drug users stated that maintaining their addiction and preventing withdrawals were the only priorities on their minds during Katrina. Many were lucky to survive, as Hurricane Katrina killed over 1,833 people.
The Power of Addiction on Full Display
These stories show the power that addiction can have over a person. Some can plan and purchase large quantities of drugs before the storm hits and evacuate with everyone else, but many can’t. Our country is truly in the middle of an opioid epidemic, and this is another example of the powerful hold that drugs can have on people and our country.
The hope is that those who survive this upcoming hurricane season see this risk-taking behavior as a wake-up call to seek help as soon as possible.
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