Tuesday, March 11, 2014

U.S. Heroin Epidemic The Subject of Two Articles

How Many Daily Heroin Users Are There In The U.S.?  Somewhere Between 60,000 and 1 Million. Maybe.  Op/Ed.  Forbes.

Holder Calls Deaths From Heroin Overdose an 'Urgent And Growing Public Health Crisis" by Jerry Markon.  The Washington Post.  March 10, 2014.

The true extent of the problem is difficult to ascertain.  There seems to be a relationship between the crackdown on prescription drug abuse and growth of the heroin problem.

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