Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse Leads to Rise in Heroin Use – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use – San Gabriel Valley Tribune


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Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
He said the government could have acted sooner to mitigate heroin's toll, such as by promoting the use of medicines to fight overdoses and ease withdrawal symptoms. The government itself predicted that targeting prescription drugs could give heroin use
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Heroin: New England’s Unlikely Epidemic – LiveScience.com

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Treatment for heroin addiction often includes behavioral counseling and medical therapies, including the regulated use of methadone or buprenorphine, both synthetic opioids that have varying degrees of success at treating opioid addictions. Withdrawal

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