1. The Balloon Effect in Huntington, WV
bY: ashley Wilson

2. Overdose Deaths by State, 2014
West Virginia had overdose deaths per 100,000 people in – CDC
WV 11x the national average for opiate related deaths. B/c of this, WV is facing an opiate epidemic.

3. Definitions Opiate Epidemic
-An opiate epidemic can be defined as, “an increase in the number of overdoses on drugs containing poppy in that area”. (opiate def from websters and combined it with def of epidemic from CDC).
-So, when we look at the US map and apply that definition, it means that West Virginia, -

4. WV Drug Overdose Deaths, 2015
Cabell County had 103 Drug Overdose Deaths in 2015

5. Heroin Epidemic

6. Why Heroin? Why Huntington?

7. Ted Carpenter’s Balloon Effect

8. National Institute on Drug Abuse

9. Kimberly DeTardo-Bora

10. I will argue… Mental Health in Huntington Economics in Huntington
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11. Don Winslow

12. Ideas of the Balloon Effect
Applied to Canada's Opioid problem
Applied to North America’s fentanyl problem
Applied to America using both Balloon Effect & Iron Law of Prohibition

13. Using Carpenter’s Balloon Effect Theory
When WV’s politicians implemented legislature making prescription opiates harder to get for individuals in the city, it led to Huntington’s heroin epidemic.
Using Carpenter’s Balloon Effect Theory

14. Opioid Painkiller Prescriptions
Percentage changes in States
WV 14%

17. Mental Health of Individuals
Depression
Anxiety
Stressed

18. Economics Heroin is cheaper ($10 gram)
Cabell County high poverty and unemployment rates

20. Willingness to commit crimes
SaveWay Case
Barboursville Doctor
Prostitution
Larceny

22. Heroin is easy
Drug Trafficking

24. So What?
Going to happen again

25. THE END!