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Connecting problems: Heroin and abuse of prescription drugs
November 14, 2011
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"Heroin is here, and we have never seen it like this before," Carol Falkowski, drug abuse strategy officer for the Minnesota Department of Human Services, said in a front-page Pioneer Press report a week ago. That's not cause for panic, but it is cause for notice. Before 2000, heroin was a "non-issue" in the state, she says. That's changed over the last decade, spurred by a "perfect storm" that includes availability here of purer, cheaper heroin and the increased use of prescription painkillers. Read the full article on the Pioneer Press website.
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