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They have.[1][2] This has substantially contributed to increased demand for imported heroin and synthetic opiods which are substitutable for perscription pain k
by elipsey 9y ago
They have.[1][2] This has substantially contributed to increased demand for imported heroin and synthetic opiods which are substitutable for perscription pain killers to prevent withdrawal.[3]
[1] Former Health Minister of Guyana, Dr. Noel Blackman, Sentenced for Running “Pill Mill” in Long Island, https://www.dea.gov/divisions/nyc/2017/nyc051217.shtml https://www.dea.gov/divisions/nyc/2017/nyc051217.shtml
[2] Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges against Owner of Bronx Clinic and 23 Other Individuals Involved in Illegal Distribution of More Than Five Million Oxycodone Pills, https://www.dea.gov/divisions/nyc/2014/nyc020514b.shtml https://www.dea.gov/divisions/nyc/2014/nyc020514b.shtml
[3] Unintended consequences: Why painkiller addicts turn to heroin, http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/29/health/gupta-unintended-consequences/ http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/29/health/gupta-unintended-conseq...