State's Heroin Problem Growing, Study Shows
State's heroin problem growing, study shows
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Young people can get heroin cheaper and easier than prescription opiates these days. The drugs offer a similar high, and a similar … A National Institutes of Health study cites numbers from 2009 that show a national rise in opiate addiction and …
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Heroin: Unintended consequence of meth, Rx drug crackdown
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Heroin never really went away, of course, but in recent years it's been overshadowed by crack cocaine, methamphetamine and prescription opiates such as oxycodone. Authorities have made inroads against those drugs and many states, including …
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