[robertpaulsen]

"Heroin addiction rose 50% from 1992-1999."

Yep. Usage went from .04% to .06%. Currently it's about .1%.

I believe I read that the increase is due to the fact that heroin is now so pure it may be snorted rather than injected.

Why are you bringing heroin into this thread? What's next, abortion? Gun control?

[Ken H]

[Heroin] Usage went from .04% to .06%. Currently it's about .1%

IOW, it's getting worse.

Why are you bringing heroin into this thread?

I meant to ask you the same after your post #34:

Would that also increase the use of hard drugs? I would think so, especially since the gangs are now focused on nothing but.

[Ken H]

Usage went from .04% to .06%. Currently it's about .1%

Actually, the USDOJ puts the addiction rate at about 0.34%:

There were an estimated 980,000 hardcore heroin addicts in the United States in 1999, 50 percent more than the estimated 630,000 hardcore addicts in 1992.

-- www.usdoj/ndic/pubs07/794/heroin.htm