Experts say heroin use rises as ‘pill mills’ shut
Posted: March 4, 2013 at 4:54 a.m.
Florida’s war on “pill mills” is having an effect on prescription-drug abuse, but experts say there’s a troubling byproduct: a surge in the number of people now hooked on heroin.
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