Pills a Gateway to Heroin, Officials Say

Published February 11, 2014

Pills a Gateway to Heroin, Officials Say
“The pathway appears to be now moving from the prescription drugs to heroin, a very dangerous development,' said Dr. Wilson Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Opioid prescription painkillers have the same effect on the …
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Brain Injuries May Raise Risk of Early Death
These risks include having another brain injury, being assaulted and suicide. The risks are even higher for those with a psychiatric or drug abuse problem, the researchers added. "After a traumatic brain injury, patients have a threefold increased risk …
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Stars' herion overdoses shine light on what could be a fatal addiction
Prescription painkillers and heroin act on the same brain areas, and both are very addictive. The good news? NIDA's Monitoring the Future survey of teen drug use and attitudes shows that high school students have long seen heroin as one of the most …
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