Narconon Blog
HEROIN ABUSE STATISTICS
Synthetic Opioid Fentanyl: Now the #1 Drug Involved in Overdose Deaths
Surviving addiction to opioids like heroin becomes vastly harder when an unpredictable and powerful illicit drug like fentanyl hits the market and spreads across the country. Tragically, an increasing number of people are not surviving their encounters with this drug.
All About Heroin—How One of the World’s Oldest Drugs Made a Comeback in the 21st-Century
We have all likely heard of heroin, the drug whose very name inspires thoughts of sorrow and despair when we hear it spoken. Heroin’s wicked web of addiction and dependence of millions of people over the years has built a thoroughly bad reputation for this life-threatening drug.
In Some Regions of US, Heroin Abuse Worse and First Time Users Younger
It was bad enough that millions of US teens were abusing prescription drugs in increasing numbers over the last decade. Now, many of them are switching to heroin at a very young age, younger than ever seen before.