From Arizona to Massachusetts heroin use is spreading among teenagers. In the Northeast, even in environments like Stoneham, Massachusetts, heroin has been a problem for a long time but now it is becoming an even bigger problem. In Arizona , heroin is making a comeback, according to an article by Bert Sass of azcentral.com. Drug detox and drug rehab are the two best steps to take if you know someone addicted to heroin.

While I have never seen any statistics about how someone gets started with heroin, Stephanie Kreiling from Community Bridges thinks its starts with prescription painkillers such as OxyContin. At Drug Rehab Referral we have spoken to some heroin addicts who had to switch from OxyContin to heroin because of cost.

All sorts of people use heroin and at least 11 percent of young adults don’t think it is dangerous to use a couple of times a week. Heroin is inexpensive it can be bought for as little as $3 a bag. One thing you should know; one in four people who try heroin become addicted. And only 5 percent who try to quit without drug detox or drug rehab manage to do it.

Heroin can be injected, snorted or smoked and, like OxyContin and other opiates, it is highly addictive. Prescription drugs are creating problems like this all over. Soon we may be reading about cocaine or other street drugs coming down in price to compete with stimulants and anti-anxiety drugs.

If you are hooked on prescription painkillers or heroin try drug detox first before going to a drug rehab program . Your chances of actually getting off the drugs are much higher.

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