Reality Check: Is Health Canada Giving Addicts Free Heroin?
Reality check: Is Health Canada giving addicts free heroin?
They're participating in a study designed to assess whether hydromorphone (another potent opioid, present in prescription drugs such as Dilaudid and Hydromorph Contin) is as effective in treating heroin addiction as the active ingredient in heroin itself.
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Heroin replacing black-market prescription drugs, use on the rise: DEA, Grand …
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – After the recent arrest of a prostitute, Grand Rapids Police found telltale signs of a heroin addiction in her purse: hypodermic needles, burned spoons, an elastic band and tiny cotton balls to absorb blood after the drug was injected.
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