Survival: A Smart Way to Locate Help

In 2020, nearly one hundred thousand deaths were drug related overdoses. In addition, forty to sixty percent of recovering addicts relapsed. A top contributor to relapsing is stress, as high levels of hormones are released within the brain. Individuals that could benefit from a rehabilitation center have many varied reasons as to why they do not seek one, proximity to a center being a primary reason. Rehabilitation facilities are a key factor in the recovery of an addict, as the probability of drug use decreases fifty to seventy percent after treatment. The hardest step in recovery is recognizing the need for help, however finding a treatment center can be a stressful experience, potentially leading to relapse. To reduce the stress of finding the closest and most qualified center, the goal of this research is to create a website that contains a database of rehabilitation centers. This could later be connected to a mobile application that would track the GPS location of the user and return the geographical location of the closest treatment center, as well as the name of the facility and contacting phone number. The software will have the ability to connect to wearable devices, allowing an opportunity to track physiological factors affected during an overdose.