Friday, January 30, 2009

Subutex abuser change to heroin

Number of subutex abuser arrested previous year fell 58% but heroin abusers rose 24%. Last year, 350 subutex abusers and 859 heroin abusers were caught. Most had switch from subutex to heroin. Subutex were used to treat heroin addicts but classifies as a controlled drug after abuse became rampant.

6000 heroin abusers were caught during 1994, 7 times the figure last year.

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