Leading Residential Treatment Center Sees Growing Problem of Heroin Abuse in Teens and Young Adults

While the issue of teenagers and young adults abusing heroin is not something new, the fact that there has been a large increase in heroin use among younger teens and adults proves this is an epidemic that will not soon be over. Reports indicate in 2012 an estimated 669,000 people in the United States were in need of treatment for heroin addiction and, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the number of people initiating their first use of heroin was approximately 156,000. Twenty six percent of young people between the ages of 18 and 25 make up the largest age group of