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He**in-related Deaths Have Quadrupled in America

New federal data reports bad news for America’s he**in problemHe**in-related deaths quadrupled in the U.S. within just three years, according to new federal data.The new report from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) shows that from 2010 to 2013, drug-poisoning deaths involving he**in increased fourfold, from 0.7 deaths per 100,000 people to 2.7 deaths per 100,000 people. The rate was about four times higher among men than among women in 2013.He**in-related drug-poisoning deaths have increased in all age groups, races and ethnic groups, the data show. Every region in the U.S. also experienced an increase, and the Midwest experienced the biggest jump.One reason for the spike is America’s growing painkiller problem. The NCHS released another report last month showing that significantly more people over age 20 are using opioids. The number of people who used a painkiller stronger than morphine increased from 17% to 37% from the early 2000s to about a decade later.People who are hooked on painkillers may make the switch to he**in since it’s cheaper and doesn’t need a prescription, according to Dr. Andrew Kolodny, the chief medical officer of the Phoenix House, a national nonprofit drug and alcohol-rehabilitation organization. Both drugs come from the o***m poppy and therefore offer a similar high. We are seeing he**in deaths sky rocketing because we have an epidemic of people addicted to opioids. There are new markets like suburbs where he**in didn’t used to exist. Many of these He**in users are ex-patients of pain clinics, methadone clinics that did not taper them off or prevent them from becoming physically dependent. Many physicians have abused their license to prescribe as a ethical clinician and converted to "licensed dealers" taping in on the cash cow known as Opiates.