Oxycodone: The Factors Behind Australians' Increasing Use of 'Hillbilly Heroin'
Oxycodone: The factors behind Australians' increasing use of 'hillbilly heroin'
Both are trends that have the nation's medical community very concerned. "There is a serious problem," Professor … In North America, prescription opioid-dependent clients outnumber heroin-dependent clients among those presenting for methadone …
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BC Prescription Heroin: Addicts Ask For Injunction To Keep Using
The blind study compared the effectiveness of pharmaceutical-grade heroin, known as diacetylmorphine, and oral methadone. Two of the plaintiffs … "The potential use of heroin as a treatment for heroin addiction is still in the investigational stage …
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A new approach to the war on drugs
The number of people admitted for state-funded treatment of prescription opiate abuse has risen 500 percent over the past decade, most sharply between 2012 and 2013, according to a new state report. When addicts can no longer get the prescription drugs …
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