Heroin Is Now The Leading Cause Of Overdose Deaths In The U.S.

The war on drugs needs to shift away from prescriptions written in your doctor ’s office to street drugs bought in our communities. In 2010, the prescription opiate, oxycodone, was the primary drug implicated in overdose deaths in the U.S. But now, based on data from a new report from the CDC, [...]

Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 22, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert Glatter, MD, Contributor Source Type: news