“Among the recurring narratives of the opioid epidemic, is that many current people who use heroin began their dependency with opioid pain medication.
Studies have shown that in the 2000s, 75% or more of individuals who identified as having a dependency on heroin also noted that they had used prescription opioids prior to heroin—a reversal of trends set in the 1960s, when more than 80% of opioid-dependent individuals stated that their use began with heroin.
Researchers have discovered a reversal of trends in the type of opioids that users begin with.”
Read more at: https://www.thefix.com/are-more-people-initiating-opioid-use-heroin
Source: TheFix.com – October 17, 2017
See related article: The Terrifying New Trend in Heroin Addiction available at: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvjgvb/the-terrifying-new-trend-in-heroin-addiction
