William Goodman Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by William Goodman We know that the people using street drugs – illicit opioids – four out of five started with prescription pills, either they had them prescribed directly or they’re using diverted pills. And often what leads them to go from pills to injection of fentanyl or heroin is that it’s easier to get. You don’t need a prescription and it’s often much less expensive. William Goodman latest-headlines One thing that makes abusing street drugs so dangerous is that quality control is very poor, you may get a chunk of white stuff with a lot of fentanyl and it takes very little to kill you. William Goodman latest-headlines In the 1960s, most people abusing heroin started with heroin – not pills, now that’s changed. First-time users start with pills, then go to heroin, as opposed to the past when they started with the injection drugs. William Goodman latest-headlines