Prescription painkiller addiction leads to heroin abuse

 

When my parents found out that I smoked cannabis as a teen, my dad sat me down and told me in all seriousness that marijuana would be the gateway to harder drugs like heroin, cocaine and so on. At the time I thought he and his \”gateway\” theory was just crazy talk.

Now though, it looks like we\’re the ones that may have to sit our loved ones down and have the \”gateway\” talk about the possibility that prescription painkiller addiction leads to heroin abuse. I\’m not kidding. It\’s all over the news.

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The Epidemic of Opioid Abuse

Opioid drugs can be powerfully effective treatments for those in pain, but they can also be extremely dangerous. This episode explores how opioids can lead to dependence, abuse and addiction, and the effects that opioid abuse have had in America. The episode explores how drug manufacturers, regulators, doctors, and patients have all contributed to the current crisis of opioid abuse.
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What is W-18?

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Overdose Waiting to Happen

A new drug on the streets, W-18 has been called “an overdose waiting to happen.” This powerful synthetic opioid considered up to 10,000 time stronger than morphine and 100 times stronger than Fentanyl, a powerful painkiller.
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