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What are the Odds in New York?

The New York Smack Down

In a class of 30 kids 10 will have tried marijuana, inhalants, ecstasy, cocaine, methamphetamines, or heroin at least once

If it is a tenth or twelfth grade class there's a very good chance that one of the kids is a lifetime user of heroin.

And the odds are pretty good that he or she will end up in the justice system: 24% of federally sentenced drug offenses are connected to heroin users.

20% of drug treatment admissions are due to heroin abuse


While New York may be known as a thriving hub of art, culture and financial activity, it's also a hub for the distribution of heroin. Heroin, often referred to as smack, has its tentacles deep in the heart of New York's residents.

Heroin use is back on the rise and an increasing number of New York adolescents are trying the drug. Because of its extremely addictive nature, heroin has become one of the most abused illicit drugs in the state.

Heroin abuse dropped in the eighties due to the fears associated with needle use and the rise in popularity of powder and crack cocaine. To appeal to the consumer, drug dealers increased the purity levels of street heroin allowing the user to get high by sniffing or smoking it instead of injecting it. Unfortunately, this marketing program has worked.

In a survey taken in 2006, roughly 40% of 8th graders, 30% of 10th graders and 38% of 12th graders didn't think there was a great risk associated with using heroin once or twice without a needle. Put another way, that's one out of three. If you have an adolescent who has two friends, one of them shares this belief. Is it your child?

Sniffing or smoking heroin is no less addictive than injecting it. In fact, there is about a one in four chance that individuals who try heroin will become addicted to it.

Additionally as the body's tolerance for the drug builds it becomes harder and harder to get high. An individual may start off by smoking or sniffing the drug, but almost all wind up using needles to get a faster better high, opening the door to HIV, Hepatitis, overdose, and ultimately death.

If you live in New York your child is sure to come in contact with a heroin user sooner rather than later. Don't let your children fall prey to the false advertising of drug dealers and users. Give them the true information about heroin use and its ravaging effects.

Prescription Drug Addiction and Dependency in New York

One of the major influences on heroin addiction across the country is the widespread prescription drug addiction and dependency epidemic. This is especially true with OxyContin, Vicodin and other prescription painkillers. As heroin is cheaper and easier to get in New York, people who started off with prescription drugs often turn to heroin as an alternative as they are basically the same drugs.

Heroin and Prescription Drug Detox in New York

For both heroin and prescription drug addiction or dependency, drug detox is recommended to help get a person through withdrawal. Withdrawal from heroin, prescription drugs and some other drugs, can be extremely painful. In fact, only 5% of those who try to get off heroin cold turkey - without the help of a medical drug detox program - actually make it through withdrawal. OxyContin withdrawal is similar.

Even those who develop an OxyContin addition or dependency by accident - when given the pills by their doctor during an injury or illness, for example - have trouble getting off the drug. When they try to quit, they can't get through withdrawal. However, their prescription eventually runs out and they may have trouble finding the drugs. That's where heroin comes in.

If you know someone with a problem with heroin or prescription drug addiction or dependency, help them get into a prescription drug detox program as soon as possible.

Drug Rehab Referral can help you find a New York drug detox program that's right for your situation.

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Do I Need Drug Detox If I'm Mixing Painkillers with Benzos?

Absolutely. When you are dependent on opiates such as OxyContin or Vicodin and you are also taking benzodiazepines - Valium or Xanax, for example - you should find a good drug detox before you go to a drug rehab facility. Prescription drugs of all sorts are harder to come off of than cocaine or marijuana. A drug detox program can make it much easier. Methadone, another prescription painkiller prevalent in New York, also requires drug detox at the first step.

And if you know someone close to you, your kids, a family member or friends, who are caught in the trap of drug addiction or dependency, get help right away. Tomorrow might be too late.

There are many effective and successful drug rehab and drug detox facilities in New York and elsewhere.

We can help you find one that is right for you.

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