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Drug Tests: More American Workers Are Testing Positive

September 15, 2016September 15, 2016 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Goodbye opioids.  Hello heroin.  Cheaper and easier to get heroin nowadays than prescription pain killers.

Source: Drug Tests: More American Workers Are Testing Positive

The number of U.S. workers testing positive for illegal drugs has reached its highest level in a decade, according to a new study.  With a huge jump in heroin use.

Cincinnati Hospitals to Screen All New Moms, Newborns for Heroin | Medpage Today

August 8, 2015 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

…heroin epidemic — a 100% rise in heroin addiction among Americans between 2002 and 2013.

via Cincinnati Hospitals to Screen All New Moms, Newborns for Heroin | Medpage Today.

Vital Signs: Demographic and Substance Use Trends Among Heroin Users — United States, 2002–2013

July 8, 2015 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Vital Signs: Demographic and Substance Use Trends Among Heroin Users — United States, 2002–2013.

Rates of Drug Poisoning Deaths Involving Heroin, by Selected Age and Racial/Ethnic Groups — United States, 2002 and 2011

July 11, 2014July 11, 2014 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

QuickStats: Rates of Drug Poisoning Deaths Involving Heroin, by Selected Age and Racial/Ethnic Groups — United States, 2002 and 2011.

Check out this chart from MMWR.  It’s shocking.

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