Saturday, November 9, 2024

Heroin Users and Prescription Drug Use

 

Roughly 80% of new heroin users in the United States report pills as their initiation to opioid use and subsequent OUD.

National Library of Medicine/National Institute of Health

 About 45% of people who use heroin started with an addiction to prescription opioids, according to the AMA.

American Psychiatric Association/with statistic attributed to AMA

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