The news on the street: prescription drugs on the black market.
PubMedPublished 28 July 1998Open access
B Goldman
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The final report confirms the widely held view that the desirability of licit opioid analgesics such as morphine and oxycodone varies inversely with the availability of illicit drugs such as heroin and confirms the anecdotal observation that licit pharmaceuticals may be sold on the street to obtain money to purchase illicit drugs.
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