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Is cheaper than the prescription drugs at this point. >> exactly. and what has happened is people, particularly in the suburbs, have begun to use oxycotton. once they can no longer access that, they kind of revert to a cheaper drug, which is heroin. it's a lot more cheaper than purchasing an oxycontin pill. you can buy heroin for as little as $5. >> steven, heroin abuse is also -- it's a huge problem in this country. we were showing abuse among first-time users increased nearly 60% in the last decade from 90,000 to 156,000. you know, in addition to this addiction to oxycontin, what other facto...
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