CBS: Teen Heroin Use --and Deaths --on the Rise
Heroin Is Cheaper than Ever and Pure Enough to Snort, Spurring Tragedies Like the Death of Honor Student Natalie Ciappa
Experts see rise in heroin use
The Hatboro chief said a major problem too nowadays is that the heroin available is purer and thus more potent, which increases the potential for overdose.There are a lot of stories on rising heroin use in this country. Few make the Afghanistan connection.
"It's a perfect storm when you combine the increased access to prescription pills and the influx of pure heroin," said Fialko, who noted the amount of heroin being exported from Afghanistan is skyrocketing and finding its way in ever purer form to American streets.
