Monday 14 January 2013

Drug overdoses top AIDS as main cause of death in U.S. homeless

Mark Perrault and a registered nurse talk as part of his treatment regimen for opiate dependency in Boston BOSTON (Reuters) - Overdoses of drugs, particularly prescription painkillers and heroin, have overtaken AIDS to become the leading cause of death of homeless adults, according to a study of homeless residents of Boston released on Monday. The finding came from a five-year study of homeless adults who received treatment from the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, though its broad conclusions apply to homeless populations in many urban parts of the United States, the study's author and homeless advocates said. ...




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