Addiction to opiates fuels flood of heroin | The Journal Gazette:
State: Pain med abuse ‘epidemic’
Heroin use is on the rise because prescription opiates like oxycotin are gateway drugs. A couple of quotes from one of the two links above.
"With prescription drugs as a gateway, heroin has been making a resurgence around the country,"
A Study "showed a clear link between the rise in the use of prescription drugs and that of heroin."Prescription drugs also account for more a higher percentage of patients seeking treatment for drug issues. Twice the rate of heroin.
However at least one network is saying that yes they are seeing more Opiate abuse but its not Heroin that's the problem, It the prescription type.
,.. have not seen more patients needing care because of heroin use. However, the number of patients testing positive for opiates, not necessarily heroin, jumped 25 percent from 2011 to 2012, according to Lutheran spokesman Geoff Thomas.But,....
Heroin will stay illegal because,... well,..... because it's ....."dangerous", and,..... "illegal", and will ruin your kids lives.
The prescription Opiates, which are a bigger problem at this time, will stay legal. We'll just try to regulate those.
Of course pot will stay illegal because,... well,..... because it's ....."dangerous", and,..... "illegal", and will ruin your kids lives.
In reality, Heroin and pot will stay illegal because they don't have a lobby as powerful as big-pharma.
Of course pot will stay illegal because,... well,..... because it's ....."dangerous", and,..... "illegal", and will ruin your kids lives.
In reality, Heroin and pot will stay illegal because they don't have a lobby as powerful as big-pharma.
Our drug laws suck..............
tnb
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