Average Age of Heroin Abusers is Dropping

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The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the majority of heroin and opioid drug

abusers are between the ages of 18 and 25.This new class of users has access to

heroin that is much stronger and more pure than heroin of the past.While heroin

in the 1970s was about 3 percent pure,today's heroin has a purity level of 60

percent.

Unfortunately, because today's heroin is more potent,there is a greater risk of

overdose than in the past. In November of 2010, ABC News reported on the growing

problem of teenage heroin addiction and the increase in overdoses in

Seattle,Washington and in small towns throughout the midwest.

The highest concentrations of heroin abusers are currently in the northeastern

portion of the country,with methamphetamine abuse dominating the west.Due to the

increasing quantities of heroin flowing across the border from Mexico,it may be

just a matter to time before this new surge of heroin abuse sweeps the entire

nation.

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