ABSTRACT
294When considering overdoses of opioids (narcotics), heroin (diacetylmorphine) is probably the first drug that comes to mind, and we picture users as long-term habitual drug abusers of low socioeconomic status. This association is actually unjustified, since victims of opioid overdose may be any age and represent all social and economic levels, and the drug may be obtained by illicit means or legally obtained by prescription (18).
