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What are the side effects of long term opiate abuse?
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Deadly serious: Death from overdose (intentional or unintentional). Infection from sharing needles. Legal consequences and potential violence. Mutual support helps. Consider attending a meeting of narcotics anonymous.
Answered 3/31/2016
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