Assignment: Final Project: Health Policy Analysis Part I

Prevention of Prescription Opioid Misuse and Abuse: Option Analysis and RecommendationsStudent’s NameFaculty, Name of UniversityCourse Code: Course NameInstructor’s NameNovember 5, 2022.Prevention of prescription opioid misuse and abuseOption AnalysisIntroductionYears of continuous and coordinated efforts will obviously be necessary to curb the opioid epidemic while ameliorating its adverse impact on the society. Understanding the impact of Opioid abuse is considered very important in evaluating and recommending various alternatives that can be employed by policymakers to address prescription Opioid misuse and abuse. Preliminary statistics from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) points out that deaths arising from the abuse of Opioid have gone up by over 30% between 2019 and 2020.In 2020 alone, close to 75% of deaths arising from overdose of drugs involved opioid. (CDC.gov, 2022). To effectively address Opioid misuse and abuse, collaboration between different stakeholders such as public health, public safety officials and community-based organizations is very essential. The purpose of such collaboration is to increase awareness and mobilize resources to address the Opioid epidemic. The following three alternative actions can be used by policymakers to address prescription Opioid misuse and abuse.The use of