Heroin is growing in use in the USA and Europe, but not where people think it is. I live in Allentown, PA a 120,000 city that outsiders consider to be a den of drugs. I grew up in Suburbia in Connecticut with the incredibly wealthy NYTimes headline in this article “Heroin in New England, More Abundant and Deadly.”. I saw so much more drugs with the rich kids then I do in my neighborhood. The local high school that released a letter stating that heroin is being abused and a string of over doses are claiming the lives was not my inner city school district but the richest school district in our area, Parkland.

My wife is from West Virginia and that place is unbelievable in the amount of heroin use. http://wvpublic.org/topic/needle-and-damage-done-west-virgin.... I am scared for my life all the time since I believe 20% of the people are high on something while driving.

I don't understand the draw but I can tell you that I can't trust my friends that got caught up in this stuff. They will steal and lie just to keep on this stuff. It is so sad to see after 20 years they still haven't beaten this beast even though they have spent tens of thousands of dollar on treatment and told that once beaten it stays dead unlike cocaine's psychological addiction.

After reading this article I have no idea where I sit concerning safe site or needle distribution centers or all the other treatments. I just feel bad for all the family and friends that are going to be hurt and abused due to this addiction cycle.