The Changing Face of Heroin Use in the United States

J. Cicero, Theodore; S. Ellis, Matthew; L. Surratt, Hilary; P. Kurtz, Steven

doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.366

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The Changing Face of Heroin Use in the United States

Published in JAMA Psychiatry • May 28, 2014

Authors:

Theodore J. Cicero

Matthew S. Ellis

Hilary L. Surratt

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Over the past several years, there have been a number of mainstream media reports that the abuse of heroin has migrated from low-income urban areas with large minority populations to more affluent suburban and rural areas with primarily white populations. OBJECTIVE: To examine the veraci...

Subject

Heroin

Ethnic group

Medical prescription

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