War against prescription drug abuse may have fueled heroin use

Published March 23, 2014

War against prescription drug abuse may have fueled heroin use
Some in the field of drug addiction are saying the U.S. government’s fight against prescription drug abuse may be causing the rise in heroin use. The crack down on pill mills, and making prescription narcotics harder to access is fueling the switch to …
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Marin parents who lost children to prescription drug abuse join new task force
Three members of Marin County’s new Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force know all too well how deadly the seemingly innocent bottles in the medicine chest can be. Britt Rosenmayr’s son Jason, overdosed on heroin on Sept. 18, 2010, two days before …
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Curb prescription drug abuse to prevent heroin nightmare
… to address the problem of prescription drug abuse. Dr. David Talenti, vice chairman of the Pennsylvania Medical Society Board of Trustees, said physicians “should be taking the lead” in advising the governor and legislators about prescription drug …
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