Researchers find heroin, cocaine top drug treatment admissions in King County; prescription-type opiates cause most deat
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 15:28
in Health & Medicine
A community workgroup led by UW research scientist Caleb Banta-Green, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, unveiled today the King County 2008 annual drug trends report. Heroin and cocaine led the list of county drug treatment admissions, according to the study. Prescription-type opiates caused the most deaths in 2008, with individuals 50 years and older accounting for 39 percent of deaths.