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USA. Study: Despite decline in prescriptions, opioid deaths skyrocketing due to heroin and synthetic drugs
USA. Study: Despite decline in prescriptions, opioid deaths skyrocketing due to heroin and synthetic drugs
Fatalities from heroin and black-market synthetic opioids skyrocketed while the nation saw a decline in the number of opioid painkiller prescriptions and the overdose deaths attributed to them, according to a study.
The research from the American Action Forum shows that as authorities cracked down on the overprescribing of powerful painkillers, international cartels filled the void with cheap heroin and powerful synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. (Washington Post, 10.04.2018)