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Relationship between Nonmedical Prescription-Opioid Use and Heroin Use

Link: 
Relationship between Nonmedical Prescription-Opioid Use and Heroin Use [1]
Article Date: 
Thursday, March 24, 2016

Tags:

  • opioid [2]
  • heroin [3]

Furthermore, the study shows that people engaged in the non-medical use of prescription opioids rarely use heroin. Also, the transition to heroin for people abusing prescription opioids occurs at a lower rate than for others. The research indicates that the primary causes in the increase in heroin use and associated overdoses are lower market prices and higher purity for heroin.
 

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[1] https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5ameKn-SJEXVER6bXlmRl9naVdMTy1YSjdZZ1ZQd2tOVXln/view?usp=sharing
[2] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/opioid
[3] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/heroin