New Problem Emerges From Altering Opioids: Hep C Rates Soared When People Switched To Injecting Heroin

When people could no longer grind Oxycontin and snort it or inject, some switched drugs, a new study from Rand says, and that is leading to the spread of disease and costly treatments taxing Medicaid. Other news on the opioid epidemic looks at safe injection sites and palliative use of marijuana, also.

from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2UHJV2y