As Heroin Deaths Skyrocket, Prescription Monitoring Programs May Do More Harm
by Leo Beletsky at HuffingtonPost blog
... "There is evidence
to suggest that the raging heroin problem is being fueled by the
crackdown on painkillers like OxyContin and Vicodin. Shuttering
pill-mills, tightening restrictions on certain analgesics, and making
products harder to snort and inject all seem to be curbing prescription
drug abuse. But addiction does not simply go away when the pills do,
which is why people dependent on prescription opioids have been switching to heroin in record numbers."...
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