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heroin Resources for Parents

Heroin Fast Facts

Heroin Fast Facts

This fact sheet provides answers to some common questions about heroin.  Questions include: what is heroin, what does it look like, how is heroin abused, who uses heroin, what are the risks, and is heroin illegal.  A list of street terms is also included (March 2003).

Grammy for Winehouse's 'Rehab' a mistake?

July 28, 2011

Her most famous song may have been about substance abuse, but it mocked urges and demands to enter a rehab facility for her addiction problems.

New CASA Report Finds Adolescent Substance Use at Epidemic Levels

June 29, 2011

CASA’s new national study declares teen smoking, drinking, misusing prescription drugs and using illegal drugs a public health problem of epidemic proportions.

Painkillers are a gateway to heroin

June 23, 2011

This opinion piece examines the increasing rates of prescription drug abuse and argues that these increasing rates are leading to higher rates of heroin use as well.

Nearly Three-Quarters of Adult Males Arrested in Minneapolis Test Postive for Illegal Drugs At Time of Arrest

June 15, 2011

Today, Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the 2010 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Annual Report (ADAM II).  The 2010 report reveals that nearly three-quarters (71 percent) of adult males arrested for crimes ranging from misdemeanors to felonies in Minneapolis tested positive for at least one drug, illustrating the link between drug use and crime and highlighting the importance of Obama Administration drug policies designed to break the cycle of drug use, arrest, incarceration, release, and re-arrest.

Potent and popular, heroin booms in Minnesota

June 8, 2011

Cases are showing up more frequently than ever here -- in hospitals, treatment centers, jails and morgues.

How Many Americans Experienced Mental Illness in the Past Year?

Recent data from SAMHSA indicate that 45.1 million adults (19.9 percent) in the United States had mental illness in the past year.  Of those, nearly 20 percent of adults (8.9 million) also had a substance use disorder.  This two-page article examines substance use disorders, suicidal ideation, and mental health statistics on youth.