Citation

Compton WM, Jones CM, Baldwin GT. New Engl. J. Med. 2016; 374(2): 154-163.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Massachusetts Medical Society)

DOI

10.1056/NEJMra1508490

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A large fraction of heroin users now report that they formerly used prescription opioids nonmedically, a finding that has led to restrictions on opioid prescribing. Nevertheless, only a small fraction of prescription-opioid users move on to heroin use.

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