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Download full textGordon, Susan M. – 2001
The rise in heroin use in the 1990s is attributed to an increase in snorting and smoking heroin as opposed to earlier epidemics that relied on intravenous use. An increase in purity has also added to the addiction problem. The trend towards use by young people was confirmed by the 2000 Monitoring the Future Study, which reported that 10.6% of high…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Clinics, Drug Addiction, Gender Issues
