2024-05-06T18:36:59-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150208180/combating-the-stigma-of-opioid-dependency-with-the-help-of-architecture-and-emotions Sponsor 2020-07-21T13:24:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3d/3da8382d8a32309fa950f48f9349b68f.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><strong><em>This post is brought to you by <a href="https://www.combocompetitions.com/" target="_blank">Combo Competitions</a></em></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.combocompetitions.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Emotions, Architecture, Opioids</strong></a>&nbsp;(deadline extended to September 6) is an ideas competition seeking to explore the emotional impact of architecture, its effect on how people feel and behave - and how it can be of use in the struggle against opioid dependency. The goal of the competition is to design a building for the administration of methadone to patients, located in Venice, Los Angeles.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/66/666b05c107be556adb9b6ec6a5335fd1.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/66/666b05c107be556adb9b6ec6a5335fd1.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Architecture has an impact on how we feel and behave.</figcaption><p><br></p><p>Opioid use disorder (OUD) in the United States has in the last decade snowballed into a national health crisis, claiming tens of thousands of lives each year, and costing society billions of dollars in addition to the immense emotional suffering of those affected. A major reason for the crisis is the stigma attached to drug addiction: the fact that drug dependency has long been regarded as a criminal problem rather than a health concern has over time established that anyone addicted to drugs shoul...</p></figure>