Farley said the increases in heroin overdose cases were “reflective of how the entire problem has shifted.”
“It started out as a prescription problem, but people are switching to heroin because it’s cheaper,” he said. He said doctors need to continue reducing opioid prescriptions “to stop people from getting addicted in the first place.” But, he said, those reductions must be coupled with more accessible treatment, so that people already dependent on pills don’t turn to heroin if a doctor reduces their prescription.
By Aubrey Whelan
The Collected Works of Jim Garrow 