Are painkillers driving high school footballers into heroin addiction?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | 08/18/2016 | Phil Veliz

[heterosupremacist]

Over the past several years, the sports media have presented several stories of youth athletes who have become addicted to prescription painkillers and eventually turned to heroin.

In fact, one of these reports in Sports Illustrated was ominously titled 'How painkillers are turning young athletes into heroin addicts.'

The narratives in these reports typically revolved around a young male athlete who sustained an injury, was prescribed painkillers to manage pain after surgery and eventually developed a dependence on these medications.

This dependence then subsequently escalated into a heroin addiction, as heroin is a cheaper and more available alternative to prescription painkillers.

[reasonisfaith]

The younger the age at first exposure to a potentially habituating substance, the greater the chance of addiction.

The codeine in Tylenol 3 is extremely addicting.

[Kozak]

Nonsense. It was a minor sprain and the child did not need a narcotic. Ibuprofen and ice were adequate. Creating the belief that every injury needs narcotics has gotten us to the disaster we now have.

[GailA]

BS