Heroin deaths surpass gun homicides for the first time, CDC data shows

Re:Heroin deaths surpass gun homicides for the first time, C... by jjawssd on Sunday December 11, 2016 @02:11AM (#13149981)

Next step up from prescription painkiller abuse, when legal painkillers become too expensive.

"damn near 50% of the people I chilled with growing up got hooked on the oxy during the pill mill days....some got strait and quit...most of us just kept it moving until they got so expensive that we had to switch to H."

http://www.bluelight.org/vb/archive/index.php/t-496626.html

http://www.bluelight.org/vb/archive/index.php/t-712613.html

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Re:Heroin deaths surpass gun homicides for the first time, C... by rudedogg on Sunday December 11, 2016 @01:03PM (#13152191)

Also they've made painkillers harder to get a prescription for, so the supply isn't there and addicted people look for alternatives.

I really liked the full episode of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifbWtwlQkdE

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Re:Heroin deaths surpass gun homicides for the first time, C... by alltakendamned on Sunday December 11, 2016 @02:55AM (#13150081)

Thanks for those links, very enlightening

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