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This R&D provides resources on the fight against heroin use in the United States. Heroin use has been rising over the last several years, which some commentators argue is due to the lack of accessibility to other drugs that have attracted local, state, and federal attention like prescription drugs and methamphetamine. A heroin overdose is what has been identified as causing the death of Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman last weekend in New York.
Eight questions about heroin you were afraid to ask http://t.co/QAaWDTBarI via @washingtonpost
— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) February 3, 2014
Heroin seizures along the border between the U.S. and Mexico rose 232% from 2008 to 2012. http://t.co/PzIJ4pxBgA
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) February 5, 2014
What’s behind the uptick in heroin sales? http://t.co/RetY4o1d2n
— Businessweek (@BW) February 5, 2014
How Prohibition Makes Heroin More Dangerous http://t.co/bqD0HsRffx via @reason #PhillipSeymoreHoffman
— Martin Ekdahl (@martinekdahl) February 5, 2014
“You’re playing Russian roulette every time.” Experts warn branded heroin means nothing: http://t.co/lW3aMKuNp6 via @ElizabethKateri
— CSMonitor.com (@csmonitor) February 5, 2014
Whey heroin is making a deadly comeback http://t.co/Hvf8X9Luo1
— NewsHour (@NewsHour) February 4, 2014
Why Is Heroin Becoming More Deadly? – Discovery News http://t.co/XXLA56NmhX
— Anca Sandu (@ancasandu) February 5, 2014
#INFOGRAPHIC Heroin and opium worldwide. @AFP http://t.co/jmgjDrFMLK
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) February 5, 2014
Heroin Is So Easy To Abuse, And Yet Overdoses Could So Easily Be Prevented (HuffPo) http://t.co/cFvLTfSQ6U. Video chats w/@maiasz et al.
— Sanho Tree (@SanhoTree) February 5, 2014
The heroin that killed Philip Seymour Hoffman could have cost as little as $4 a bag. Why so cheap? http://t.co/MBy3dRERWd
— The Week (@TheWeek) February 4, 2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death draws attention to a city so flush with cheap heroin, it exports http://t.co/RF7WjpSP2f
— jdavidgoodman (@jdavidgoodman) February 4, 2014
The Media Needs to Stop Stigmatizing Our Best Weapon Against Heroin Addiction via @tnr http://t.co/5cbPVTD9q7
— Matt Steinglass (@mattsteinglass) February 4, 2014
Suspected heroin dealers busted in Hoffman death probe via @NYPost http://t.co/Z7KigVg8tc
— Aaron Peña (@AaronPena) February 5, 2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death raises the question “Why is heroin use on the rise?” @JasonBellini has #TheShortAnswer http://t.co/NOKfO0x5AR
— WSJ Live (@WSJLive) February 4, 2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death coincides with spike in heroin traffiking from Mexico http://t.co/BhpBEQ1LPr
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 4, 2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death comes amid a major comeback of heroin in the U.S. http://t.co/YjxxyT1BRY
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) February 4, 2014