Athletic teens less likely to transition from prescription pain relievers to heroin

  Teens who participate in daily sports and exercise activities are less likely to transition from opioid pain reliever use to heroin, according to research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and published today in Pediatrics.   There have been anecdotal reports of teen...
Source: NIDA News - Category: Addiction Tags: Heroin, Opioids, Pain, Prescription Drugs, Prevention Research, Researchers, Teens Source Type: news