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Abusing prescription drugs may be a precursor to using heroin and other injected substances, according to a new study in the International Journal of Drug Policy. Continue Reading
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For decades experts called marijuana the "gateway drug." If the effects of marijuana abuse weren’t dangerous enough, those who used the drug were also more likely to try other illicit drugs such as cocaine and heroin. Continue Reading
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It’s no secret that America has a dirty little problem with prescription painkillers. The problem has gotten so out of hand that the Obama administration has deemed the issue an epidemic, Continue Reading
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OxyContin and heroin are now being sold interchangeably on street corners, said Nils Frederiksen, a spokesman for the attorney general’s office in Pennsylvania. Oxycontin is a powerful narcotic painkiller that gives users a similar high to heroin.
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Kansas City teenagers are increasingly getting hooked on prescription painkillers and eventually turning to heroin. About 18 months ago, police officers in Johnson County started finding that more and more victims of heroin overdose were high-school students.
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An addiction medicine specialist in the San Francisco Bay area warned anti-drug advocates from Washoe County, Nevada that failing to medically treat prescription drug addicts can cause them to turn to heroin due to the severity of withdrawal symptoms.
