yrLS1

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   by yrLS1 11y ago

   Ideally the number IS zero. :) The realistic number on the other hand will probably be higher, as you identify. I'd also argue there's a difference between being 'hooked' on opiates and using them regularly for legitimat
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   by yrLS1 11y ago

   The only thing I could really find is here: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2012-04-2... Long story short, the Army investigated 56 soldiers in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2011 for using &
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   by yrLS1 11y ago

   I think there certainly is a case to be made that U.S. prices are lower because there is increased global supply. That increased supply drives down competition for South American / Mexican heroin, reducing prices for the U.S. market.
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   by yrLS1 11y ago

   Yeah, that part really caught my eye too. Anecdotally, many heroin addicts seem to start off with prescription painkillers and then move on to heroin once their preferred pills become unavailable (crack down on scripts, price, whatever). It
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   by yrLS1 11y ago

   Except, of course, that people were also overdosing "left and right" due to the pill mills and illegitimate pain clinics... Edit for source: http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2015/pill-mill-cra
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   by yrLS1 11y ago

   Afghanistan hasn't been a significant source of US heroin in decades. The majority of heroin in the US is either from Mexico or Colombia these days. Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/