Joseph C Mancini MD

Heroin Death Joseph C Mancini MD

We find ourselves in the worst epidemic in United States history. Sudden, accidental death from heroin has quadrupled since 1999. Prescriptions for pain medication (often known as narcotics) have quadrupled since 1999. This is not a coincidence. Heroin and narcotic pain pills are chemically very similar. Both are OPIOIDS. Together, they now cause more deaths than gun shot wounds in this country, and almost as many deaths due to motor vehicle accidents! In this concise booklet, Dr. Mancini explains why we are in this crisis, and offers strategies to stop the epidemic and drastically decrease this deadly upward trend that we are experiencing in this nation!