QUESTION 11
One of the contributing factors to the rising heroin problem in Maine is:
More family dysfunction |
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Less access to prescription pain medication |
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Higher levels of marijuana use, which is considered a gateway drug |
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It is now legal to possess a small amount of heroin |
One of the contributing factor to
rising heroin problem in Maine is,Less access to prescription pain
medication.
As the supply of opioid pain killers reduced in the Maine,Heroin
addiction treatment cases tripled over last 3 years, a survey
report in 2013.Prescription of opioid pain killers admissions
climbed to more significantly for than 10 years before they
declined in 2013.
As four out of five new heroin users were first addicted to
prescription opioids,according to American society for Addiction
Medicine.
Heroin met the demand for opiates, and it was so Cheap than pills
which bought on street.
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