Background Information

-Heroin has grown in popularity since 2008, eclipsing cocaine as the recreational drug of choice. 

-Heroin is extremely addictive, both physically and psychologically. 

-Heroin affects the frontal cortex which is not fully developed in teens. 

-Mortality rates for heroin addicts are extremely high. Half of heroin addicts will die before age 50, with the average age of death at 30.