$600 million worth of heroin, meth and other seized drugs set on fire in Burma

Burma destroyed over 50 tons of narcotics worth $600 million to mark the United Nations' International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
The American Journal of Managed Care

CDC Data Show Spike in Heroin Overdose Deaths; Researchers Explore Tie to Opioid Abuse

Deaths from overdoses on heroin rose in 28 states with just over half the nation's population from 2010 to 2012, but deaths from overdoses on prescription opioid pain relievers fell slightly during ...
EurekAlert!

Opium linked with more deaths after bypass surgery

Sophia Antipolis, 17 July 2020: The largest study on opium use and outcomes after bypass surgery has found that - in contrast to widely held beliefs - it is linked with more deaths and heart attacks.
San Mateo Daily Journal

Afghanistan needs to control abuse, opium

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Becker's Hospital Review

Abuse-deterrent opioid primary cause of heroin overdose boom, researchers find

The release of abuse-deterrent OxyContin directly coincides with the surging rates of heroin overdose deaths, according to a new working paper from researchers at the RAND Corp. and the Wharton School ...