Prescription Drugs Could Be Gateway to Heroin

Published March 4, 2014

Prescription Drugs Could Be Gateway to Heroin
Prescription drug abuse is a worse problem in the United States than heroin use, federal drug officials said Tuesday, and they said painkillers could be a gateway drug for most heroin users. The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman from an apparent …
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US Sen. Bob Casey, in Easton, supports bill that fights heroin gateway of …
Prescription Drug Abuse Press Conference View full sizeU.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., speaks today in Easton about a federal bill that aims to help the country better address prescription drug abuse. Easton Sal Panto Jr., left, and Northampton County …
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