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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Marin parents who lost children to prescription drug abuse join new task force
Three members of Marin County’s new Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force know all too well how deadly the seemingly innocent bottles in the medicine chest can be. Britt Rosenmayr’s son Jason, overdosed on heroin on Sept. 18, 2010, two days before …
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Target prescription drug abuse to curb heroin nightmare (Editorial)
His statements emphasized the role of prescription drug abuse as the “gateway to heroin … the drug dosage and the source of payment. It is important that this bill become law as part of an attack on the drug crisis. Health care providers …
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Lawmakers pushing drug database
There's little dispute that prescription drug abuse is a serious problem in Pennsylvania. The state stands far above the national average for overdose deaths; more opioid pain relievers are sold here per person than in most of the country, according to …
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