Prescription drug crackdown leads to heroin use
16th Nov 2006, 21:24 GMT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A crackdown on illegal use of prescription narcotics like the powerful painkiller OxyContin has caused some addicts to switch to heroin, a Justice Department report said on Wednesday.
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