Pediatric Surgeon and Clinical Researcher Finds Worrisome Relationship Between Opioids and Subsequent Heroin Use Among Teenagers

A bottle of prescription drugs dumped out on a table.

A SC CTSI-supported study by Lorraine Kelley-Quon, MD, a pediatric surgeon at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and assistant professor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, found that teens who used opioid pills were more likely to try heroin.