Heads Up: Heroin Faked as Oxycontin Appearing on the Drug Scene

December 15, 2014 by

Sobernation.com reports that Mexican drug cartels are now exporting fake Oxycontin. “A chemical analysis of the pills seized in New Jersey found they contained a combination of heroin, pharmaceutical morphine and fentanyl.”OxyContin is an opioid pain medication and is highly addictive. When prescribed OxyContin became more regulated, many sought heroin as a substitute. The US Department of Justice discovered that over 13 million individuals in the US used oxycodone (OxyContin) for recreational purposes.

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