Florida Prescription Drug Crackdown Blamed, in Part, for Spike in Heroin Deaths
Florida Prescription Drug Crackdown Blamed, In Part, For Spike In Heroin Deaths
Fewer Floridians died from drug overdose last year than the year before—and the number dying from the prescription painkiller oxycodone dropped by 41 percent. But at the same time, heroin overdose deaths nearly doubled—and people who work with drug …
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South Jersey faces an 'epidemic' of drug–related deaths
Stamped bundles of heroin on display at the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office. Each packet, or dose, can cost as little as $ 5. Under the current law, it takes 1,000 doses of heroin to equal the same 2nd degree penalty for possession 1/2 ounce of cocaine.
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Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined
More people are dying in the United States from prescription drugs than from heroin and cocaine combined, a new study says, signaling that pill abuse is not just the leading cause of drug overdose deaths, but that it also requires more oversight and …
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