Prescription Painkillers Seen as a Gateway to Heroin

Published February 11, 2014

Prescription Painkillers Seen as a Gateway to Heroin
Dr. Jason Jerry, an addiction specialist at the Cleveland Clinic's Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center, estimates that half of the 200 or so heroin addicts the clinic sees every month started on prescription opiates. “Often it's a … Post-rehab — after …
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Canadian NGO Installs First-Ever Crack Pipe Vending Machines
Kailin See, Director of the Drug Users' Resource Centre for the Portland Hotel Society, says that drug users with colds, cold sores, or other infections – including more serious infections such as HIV – can spread illness like wildfire among their …
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