Deadly U.S. Heroin Overdoses Quadrupled in 5 Years

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Deadly U.S. Heroin Overdoses Quadrupled in 5 Years

More than 12,000 deaths are linked to the drug

    By David Beasley, Reuters on February 24, 2017

 
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The number of deadly heroin overdoses in the United States more than quadrupled from 2010 to 2015, a federal agency said on Friday, as the price of the drug dropped and its potency increased.

There were 12,989 overdose deaths involving heroin in 2015, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, compared with 3,036 such fatalities five years earlier.

    You are 40 times more likely to use heroin if you started with opioid painkillers

In 2010, heroin was involved in 8 percent of U.S. drug overdose deaths, a study by the Atlanta-based center said. By 2015, that proportion had jumped to 25 percent.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/deadly-u-s-heroin-overdoses-quadrupled-in-5-years/

[truth_seeker]

Have heard that when the docs cut off your opioid pain meds, you can get street heroin cheaper anyway.

Have heard that Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix were NOT suicidal, but just got heroin that was far, far higher potency, than their normal experience with dealers and strength.