Prescription Opioid Use and Diversion / Join Together, February 2008
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"Prescription opioid analgesics are the most commonly abused prescription medication. Further, these drugs are more frequently abused than heroin. Researchers in this study interviewed 586 street drug users in New York City to determine patterns of prescription opioid use for pain, misuse for euphoria, and sales (diversion)."
Prescription opioid use, misuse, and diversion among street drug users in New York City
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Volume 92, Issues 1-3, 1 January 2008, Pages 267-276
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W. Rees Davis and Bruce D. Johnson
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