POMEROY [Ohio] — Juvenile Court Judge L. Scott Powell said he sees a growing problem with intravenous drug use among local teenagers, and is warning parents of the signs of this “alarming” trend.
Powell said heroin, a dangerous and addictive street narcotic, is making a comeback as a replacement for prescription pain medications
In a “community warning,” Powell addressed a problem of increasing IV drug use among teenagers and youth, largely because changes in the form of a widely-abused pain medication have made it difficult to misuse.
Powell said Oxycontin has been the most common drug of choice among teenagers abusing pain medications.
“As a new capsule of the drug is designed to be difficult to dissolve, crush or misuse, heroin is replacing it as the new drug of choice,” Powell said Tuesday.
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Powell said heroin, a dangerous and addictive street narcotic, is making a comeback as a replacement for prescription pain medications
In a “community warning,” Powell addressed a problem of increasing IV drug use among teenagers and youth, largely because changes in the form of a widely-abused pain medication have made it difficult to misuse.
Powell said Oxycontin has been the most common drug of choice among teenagers abusing pain medications.
“As a new capsule of the drug is designed to be difficult to dissolve, crush or misuse, heroin is replacing it as the new drug of choice,” Powell said Tuesday.
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