Heroin tops list of first opioid of use

For the first time, data shows that heroin and not a prescription opioid has become the most common opioid of initial use, suggesting that addiction treatment programs likely will be seeing a younger, sicker patient base — if these individuals ever make it to treatment at all.

Source: The Brown University Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology Update - October 27, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: What's New in Research Source Type: research