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Generation ‘H’: The Gateway Drugs — Is Heroin the Real Problem?
Rebecca Granet
March 3, 2016
NEW YORK — According to the CDC, 2014 saw the highest number of drug overdose deaths than any other recorded year, and opioids were involved in 61 percent of those fatalities. The CDC report says, “past misuse of prescription opioids is the strongest risk factor for heroin initiation and use.”
In fact, addiction specialists, law enforcement officials, and psychologists who spoke to 1010WINS.com agree that prescription opioids are today’s main gateway drugs to heroin. That is a dramatic change. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 80 percent of “people entering treatment for heroin addiction” started directly with heroin use in the 1960s. In a near complete reversal, more than 75 percent of heroin addiction in the 2000s began with a prescription opioid. The table below illustrates the marked difference over the decades:
cont with graphics http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/03/03/heroin-gateway-drugs/
Rebecca Granet
March 3, 2016
NEW YORK — According to the CDC, 2014 saw the highest number of drug overdose deaths than any other recorded year, and opioids were involved in 61 percent of those fatalities. The CDC report says, “past misuse of prescription opioids is the strongest risk factor for heroin initiation and use.”
In fact, addiction specialists, law enforcement officials, and psychologists who spoke to 1010WINS.com agree that prescription opioids are today’s main gateway drugs to heroin. That is a dramatic change. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 80 percent of “people entering treatment for heroin addiction” started directly with heroin use in the 1960s. In a near complete reversal, more than 75 percent of heroin addiction in the 2000s began with a prescription opioid. The table below illustrates the marked difference over the decades:
cont with graphics http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/03/03/heroin-gateway-drugs/