279: Heroin

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279: Heroin

Published: July 19, 2018

279: Heroin

Information Sheet - Measures: 8½" x 11"
Age: Teens, Adults

Cheese · Krokodil · Fentanyl · Treatment

This information sheet helps the general public learn more about how heroin use has increased across the U.S. -- many times due to the use of prescription painkillers (opioids). This information sheet replaces the previous 3-fold.

Topics: Prescription Painkillers (Opioids); Black Tar Heroin; Signs and Forms of Use; Cheese; Krokodil; Fentanyl; Carfentanil; Treatment; Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT); Substance Use Disorder (SUD); Paraphernalia; Withdrawal Symptoms; Side Effects; Signs of Overdose; Naloxone Antidote (Narcan®, Envisio®); “Good Samaritan Law.”

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