Heroin Addiction Cuts Across All Social Boundaries, Caron Foundation Study Reports.

Business Wire | May 16, 2001 | Copyright

Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers

WERNERSVILLE, Pa.--(BW HealthWire)--May 16, 2001

An epidemic of heroin use over the past five years crosses generational, socioeconomic and geographic boundaries to plague all areas of American culture.

Heroin, once a drug primarily associated with aging inner-city addicts, has become popular among suburban and rural populations, and is used by adults and adolescents.

These findings are included in "Heroin: Challenge for the 21st Century," a new report released today by the Caron Foundation, one ...

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