When most people think about heroin abusers, they may picture uneducated individuals living in extreme poverty and committing criminal acts. It’s true that fifty years ago a typical heroin addict was an impoverished teenaged boy living in the inner city … Continue reading
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Northern Kentucky has been hit hard by drug abuse in recent years—methamphetamine has long been ensconced in the region (including in the neighboring states of Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Arkansas and Indiana) with over a thousand meth-related incidents occurring in … Continue reading
Heroin use is becoming more and more popular throughout the country, growing in prevalence in areas as diverse as downtown New York, rural Oklahoma, the backwoods of the Appalachian Mountains and the desert regions of the Southwest. Part of this … Continue reading
The United States is facing a growing problem with heroin abuse. Heroin has been experiencing a surge in popularity in recent years, fueled in large part by a different problem–the growing numbers of Americans who are addicted to prescription pain … Continue reading
Wisconsin, like many other states in the country, has been struggling with heroin abuse problems for years. It has reached the point where many of their public officials are calling it a “public health crisis,” and the situation continues to … Continue reading
Heroin is a very dangerous narcotic, more so when abused as it typically is due to the all-consuming high it’s been perpetually reported to give. The addictive aspect of heroin is so intense and so widespread that abuse and addiction … Continue reading