Heroin and Prescription Opioid Abuse [electronic resource] : Access to Naloxone to Treat Overdose : CRS Insight.
Addresses dramatic rise in abuse of prescription opioid pain relievers such as oxycontin that can lead to increased risk of using heroin, which is less expensive and has a similar but stronger effect. Discusses use of prescription drug naloxone to reverse opioid overdose, and examines Federal and St...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Addresses dramatic rise in abuse of prescription opioid pain relievers such as oxycontin that can lead to increased risk of using heroin, which is less expensive and has a similar but stronger effect. Discusses use of prescription drug naloxone to reverse opioid overdose, and examines Federal and State regulation of naloxone. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (3 p.), digital, PDF file. |