Florida’s crackdown on pill mills has reduced the number of narcotic-pushing clinics \u2013 that much is certain. But to a degree, the demand for the high of a painkiller has simply shifted \u2013 both in terms of the drugs sought and in geographical location.<\/p>\n
Some parts of Florida have seen an increase in the use of heroin, a substance startlingly similar to oxycodone, the painkiller abuser’s typical drug of choice. Meanwhile, New Jersey seems to be in the position Florida was in just a few years ago, with law enforcement officials there reporting on the deliberate widespread improper prescription of painkillers.<\/p>\n
According to the Tampa Tribune, sharp increases in the use of heroin have been reported in some Florida cities.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Oxycontin] is nothing but synthesized heroin,\u201d Sgt. Rick Mills of the Tampa Police Department told the Tribune. Mills added that the medical examiner had told him drug-related deaths had fallen.<\/p>\n
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