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Email to a friendPulse Check, National Trends in Drug Abuse, Summer 1997; Trends in Drug Use: Spring-Fall 1996
Office of National Drug Control Policy .
This Pulse Check report was compiled from various sources which include: ethnographers and epidemiologic sources, law enforcement sources, and treatment providersà reports. Most sources report that the market for heroin is stable or growing. The majority of heroin abusers are within the traditional, older cohort of long-term users, and some former addicts have begun using again since high purity, low price heroin is available. However, some areas report that there are more new, young heroin users. These new users include college students and suburban kids, but the majority are inner city youth. Sources also report that double breasted dealing (selling both heroin and cocaine) continues in many areas. While heroin use is rising in many areas, both by long-term users and new users, treatment providers have not noticed a marked increase in heroin abusers seeking treatment.
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