Monday, July 27, 2015

How Pain Killers are Turning Young Athletes Into Heroin Addicts



Heroin use cuts across demographics. Young, old. Male, female. Wealthy, indigent. Urban, rural and, most of all, suburban. But public authorities devoted to prevention and law enforcement, from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), have been struck by a growing concentration in an unlikely subset of users: young athletes.

Read this recent SI.com article in its entirety by clicking HERE