- Heroin on the Rise
- Teens and Heroin Use
Search the national map and our database for national survey results on teens that have used heroin at least once. It is a national representative sample of behavior among 9th to 12th graders. Data is based on questionnaire completed by 16,810 students across 42 states. Includes local surveys conducted in 20 school systems throughout the country.
Search Tips: Simply Search by state to see the percentage of teens by gender who have used heroin at least once while in high school.
More on Heroin
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Heroin use on the rise
With addicts desperate for a cheaper high than prescription drugs or seeking a more powerful fix, experts are seeing heroin addiction treatment admissions, overdoses and fatalities rising in nearly every region, including areas where the drug has seldom been seen before.
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Is your teen using Heroin?
With Heroin becoming part of the wave of addictive drug use around the country, there are signs that parents, and everyone, can watch for in teens that may indicate who's using.
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First aid used to avoid heroin overdose
Addiction specialists and public health workers are embracing a new type of first aid against heroin and opioid drug overdoses.
