War Against Prescription Drug Abuse May Have Fueled Heroin Use

War against prescription drug abuse may have fueled heroin use
Some in the field of drug addiction are saying the U.S. government’s fight against prescription drug abuse may be causing the rise in heroin use. The crack down on pill mills, and making prescription narcotics harder to access is fueling the switch to …
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Prescription drug abuse an all-too-familiar story
Every 25 minutes someone in the U.S. dies from an overdose, and prescription drugs are the most commonly abused substances after marijuana … Police said drugs found in Irsay’s vehicle were Schedule IV drugs, which are considered to have …
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EDITORIAL: Curb prescription drug abuse to prevent heroin nightmare
No one can dispute the far-reaching effects of prescription drug abuse and its lethal path to heroin addiction. Overdose deaths are being reported at an alarming rate, and law enforcement officials are challenged with stopping the scourge.
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Lowering the Deadly Cost of Drug Abuse
officials trying to stem drug abuse have begun to focus more on treatment, rather than punishment. With more people seeing law enforcement’s war on drugs as a failure, what are the best, or boldest, ways that experts around the world have …
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