Visualizing the Opioid Crisis
Description as a Tweet:
Our project uses the Portugal model of decriminalization to visualize the future of the opioid crisis
Inspiration:
We wanted to look at a successful model of decriminalization in order to improve the US opioid crisis.
What it does:
It visualizes the projected opioid-related death rate in the US in 2 ways. 1. If we follow our current model of strict enforcement of drug laws and 2. If we follow a model that prioritizes rehabilitation over criminalization. We also have a map that succinctly shows the opioid related deaths by state from the years 1999-2014 using open source data.
How we built it:
Using RStudio
Technologies we used:
- HTML/CSS
- Misc
Challenges we ran into:
Finding accurate and detailed information because data around drug enforcement is not fully available.
Accomplishments we're proud of:
We're proud of the research that went into finding open source data and also the future of our project.
What we've learned:
Learned R and data visualization.
What's next:
Using Portugal's current budget expenditure to predict how the future of the US Opioid Crisis will look.
Built with:
R Studio and HTML
Prizes we're going for:
- Cash prizes: $1,000 total to first place team; $500 total to second place team; $200 to third place team
- Apple AirPods 3rd Gen
- JBL Clip Bluetooth Speakers
- Bose Headphones
- $500 total to the winning team
- Meta Portals
Team Members
Rachana Reddy