Heroin: New England's Unlikely Epidemic

Heroin: New England's Unlikely Epidemic
The death of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman from a heroin overdose in February cast a harsh spotlight on heroin abuse in the United States and elsewhere, though few people actually know what heroin is or how it works. [Aspirin to Zoloft …
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Addiction to prescription opiates is almost always a symptom of deeper suffering
While heroin overdoses have remained stable, prescription-related opiate deaths have bloomed onto coroner's tables, more than doubling since 2000, when OxyContin first hit prescription pads. According to a drug-use survey of Ontario youth …
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