Teens Abusing Prescription Opioids May Be Taking Step Toward Heroin Use, Research Suggests

HealthDay (7/12, Preidt) reported, “Teens who take prescription opioid” analgesics “to get high could be taking a step toward heroin use,” researchers concluded after studying some “3,300 students at 10 Los Angeles-area high schools who were followed from freshman year to senior year.” The findings were published online in JAMA Pediatrics.

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— “Teens’ Opioid Abuse May Be Gateway to Heroin, “Robert Preidt, HealthDay, July 12, 2019

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