A panel of medical professionals and treatment experts packed a room at the Mill Casino-Hotel in Coos Bay last week, as officials discussed the ever-growing problem of heroin abuse in the region and Oregon as a whole.
Coos Bay World: “The National Survey on Drug Use and Health in 2011 estimated 246,300 Oregonians self-reported using prescription pain relievers non-medically, meaning there was no legal prescription or medical need and instead they were used for recreational abuse and dependence purposes. According to a more recent survey, Oregon ranked first for past-year use of non-medical painkillers in 2013 and second in 2014.”
Twin Cities Public Health 