Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse Leads to Rise in Heroin Use

Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use
said the connection between prescription drugs and heroin “was not on the radar screen” during most of Obama’s first term and that he “didn’t do everything I should have” to raise awareness of the growing heroin problem. Now …
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Letters: Drug abuse starts with the individual
The Times offers a very simplistic analysis of America’s drug dependence. As an emergency room physician, I see many chronic-pain patients who “run out” of their allotted opiates and then run to an emergency room. I am sometimes threatened with …
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Growing prescription drug abuse in India says UN report
Prescription drug abuse is growing in India and is a serious problem in South Asia, according to a UN report which said drugs enter the region’s illicit markets through various channels, being diverted from India’s pharma industry and smuggled from …
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To combat prescription drug abuse, database tracking is key: David Freed
Prescription drug abuse is reaching epidemic levels in Pennsylvania. The addiction, the destruction, the overdoses — they are plaguing too many of our communities. And prescription drug abuse often leads to heroin abuse, which brings even more destruction …
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Casey promoting bills to combat prescription drug abuse
All are outcomes of increased prescription drug abuse across Pennsylvania and America, said Sen. Bob Casey, who is backing two bills targeting it and the related trend of increased heroin use as a cheaper but riskier alternative.
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