Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
color processing, addicts seeing blue, opiate abuse, substance abuse
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Neuroscience
Abstract
Opiate use in Utah has grown faster than that of any other substance in the past year (Duda, 2008). In 2007, total opiate abuse (e.g., heroin, Oxycodones, etc.) accounted for 15.3% of overall substance abuse in male clients and 18.1% in female clients (see Payne, 2007). [I’m expecting you to say what the usage rates are in 2010 (or at least 2009) here.]. By October 2008, it was reported that prescription drugs had killed more people than car accidents in Utah, with 6.5% of fatalities caused by using prescription painkillers—most opiate based—for nonmedical reasons (Stryker, 2008). In many cases, opiate addiction ruins individuals’ day-to-day functioning and then kills them. Efforts to better understand and treat this condition are not wasted.
Recommended Citation
Crall, Cary and Steffensen, Dr. Scott
(2013)
"Addicts Seeing Blue: Color Processing Differences in the Opiate Dependent State,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 365.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/365