Metro: Prescription drug abuse leading to more heroin use — and deaths – in valley
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
The mirror told Jeff Thompson, then 18 years old, all he needed to know: He saw stick-like arms and exhausted eyes, a young body on a downward spiral. Consider it the climax in Thompson’s young life story, which includes marijuana use by age 12, prescription pills two years later and heroin by 16 or 17. He can’t quite remember. “I was so tired of getting high just so I could act normal,” said …
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