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U.S. Heroin Use Jumps as Costs Drop
海洛因成本大降 美國毒癮人數狂增
U.S. health officials said on Tuesday that heroin overdose deaths in the United States nearly quadrupled between 2002 and 2013,
周二美國衛生部官員表示，2002年至2013年美國海洛因過量的死亡人數翻了將近兩番。
fueled by lower costs as well as increased abuse of prescription opiate painkillers.
因為處方止痛藥阿片類藥物（opiate）成本下降。
Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told Reuters that such medicines,
美國疾病控制預防中心（U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention）主任托馬斯·弗里登博士（Dr. Thomas Frieden）對路透社表示，
which include Vicodin, OxyContin and Percocet, increase individuals' susceptibility to heroin addiction.
這類藥品包括維柯丁（Vicodin）、奧施康定（OxyContin）和波拷賽特（Percocet），提高了個人易感性海洛因成癮。
The "Vital Signs" report, published July 7 in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,
這則“生命征象”的報告發布在7月7日的《疾病與健康周報》上。
found that nearly all people who use heroin also use multiple other substances, and that the strongest risk factor for heroin abuse is prescription opiate abuse.
報告發現，幾乎所有使用海洛因的人還濫用其他藥品，海洛因濫用的最大風險因素是處方阿片類藥物的濫用。
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