number of heroin users 12 and older from 2007 to 2012. joining me now is dr. drew pinsky. let s talk about that data, first. that s a story of pills. most of those overdoses were pills. and most of the reason that people get to heroin, they start with pills and graduate to heroin, because it s a cheaper, higher high. is it the same sort of high that all opiates and open yoids, really no difference. the fact that people don t understand that is what drives me to distraction every day. we all know prescription pill abuse is up. is that what s leading people they can t get access to the pills any more, they re too expensive and they graduate over to heroin. i want to point out, you made a great distinction between the man and the disease. his body of work, he s a father, a wonderful human being who had
problem, of course, but there are signs that it s getting worse, at least where heroin is concerned. deaths from drug overdoses increased 200% between 1999 and 2010. more people than ever apparently using heroin. they found a 79% jump, the number of heroin users 12 and older from 2007 to 2012. joining me now is dr. drew pinsky. let s talk about that data, first. that s a story of pills. most of those overdoses were pills. and most of the reason that people get to heroin, they start with pills and graduate to heroin, because it s a cheaper, higher high. is it the same sort of high that all opiates and open yoids, really no difference. the fact that people don t understand that is what drives me to distraction every day. we all know prescription pill abuse is up. is that what s leading people