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‘Safer’ OxyContin Caused Thousands of Heroin Deaths, Researchers Find

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

A new pill that can't be snorted seemed like the way to curb opioid abuse. Instead, the RAND Corporation and Wharton School say it pushed people to use heroin.

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