With heroin-related overdoses rapidly increasing in the United States, many in the country are working to understand why users turn to the highly addictive drug so quickly in the first place. Taking a look at high school students, one group of researchers examined the potential relationship between prescription painkiller and heroin use.
There were 16,235 deaths involving prescription opioids in the country in 2013, an increase of 303% from 1999, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There were 8,257 heroin-related deaths in 2013, up 39% from 2012.
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There were 16,235 deaths involving prescription opioids in the country in 2013, an increase of 303% from 1999, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There were 8,257 heroin-related deaths in 2013, up 39% from 2012.
Read the entire article at Forbes.com
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