This Drug Could Make a Huge Dent in Heroin Addiction. So Why Isn’t It Used More?

This drug could make a huge dent in heroin addiction. So why isn’t it used more?
Much of my public-health research has concerned measures to reduce the social and health harms related to the misuse of heroin, prescription painkillers, and related drugs. Opiate misuse is a huge problem. In 2010, more than 19,000 Americans … drug addiction – Bing News

Addicts contribute to rise of crimes, speakers tell Star-American Alumni Association seminar
About half of the five million drug addicts in the country are involved in crimes, said leading anti drug-abuse campaigner Prof Arup Ratan Choudhury yesterday. Bangladesh stands eighth among the world’s top 10 countries of drug abuse, he said at a … drug addiction – Bing News

EDITORIAL: Drug Addiction: A Public Health Crisis
It isn’t a new problem. Addiction is an ugly foe that ruins lives. Four people have died recently from apparent heroin overdoses. We’re seeing it ruin entire families in an instant. Heroin addiction is shaking communities as we watch … drug addiction – Bing News