Re:The Heroin Business Is Booming in America
by throwaway2016a on Friday May 19, 2017 @01:56PM
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Also, as an aside, heroin and opioids aren't not automatically fatal so that number is a subset of users. An important number is not just deaths but also hospital visits and new users are important.
As prescription opioid deaths drop 6 percent in Colorado, heroin deaths rise 23 percent
vs.
Overall, the total number of opiate deaths — meaning deaths from both prescription painkillers like fentanyl or from illegal opiates like heroin — fell by about 6 percent, from 472 deaths in 2015 to 442 deaths in 2016.