Heroin Appeals to Addicts Hooked on Pain Pills

Heroin appeals to addicts hooked on pain pills
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Nearly 75 percent of their patients are seeking treatment for heroin addiction. He says opiate addiction is difficult to treat. He says addicts often are self medicating for pain but become so addicted they need their drugs to feel normal. "Of course …
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Call for drug tests to trap patient dealers
Filed under: opioid addiction treatment

Another addiction medicine specialist, Philip Crowley, said urine testing patients on opioids should be standard treatment. ''There's a strong economic incentive to sell these drugs. You can sell one Kapanol [morphine] tablet for up to $ 80 so if you …
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