PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - P Oliver
AU  - J Keen
AU  - G Rowse
AU  - N Mathers
TI  - Deaths from drugs of abuse in Sheffield, 1998: the role of prescribed medication.
DP  - 2001 May 01
TA  - British Journal of General Practice
PG  - 394--396
VI  - 51
IP  - 466
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/51/466/394.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/51/466/394.full
SO  - Br J Gen Pract2001 May 01; 51
AB  - Characteristics of recent drug abuse-related deaths in the city of Sheffield were examined from the coroner's records. Almost all of those who died of poisoning from a drug of abuse were known to be dependent on heroin yet less than half were receiving treatment. Benzodiazepines were frequently detected alongside opiates during toxicology, the source of which was likely to be the deceased's own prescription.