Trends and correlates of perceived access to heroin among young adults in the United States, 2002-2016*

We are at a unique moment in United States (US) history as heroin overdose rates are higher than at any time in recent memory (National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIDA], 2018a). Indeed, with nearly daily reports in the news and social media, the tremendous negative consequences related to the opioid epidemic have captured the nation ’s attention. These include increases in opioid-related social and health care spending, drug-related arrests, opioid use disorder, and opioid overdose mortality (Dart et al., 2015; Florence et al., 2016; Martins et al., 2017; Palamar et al., 2016a; Rudd et al., 2016).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - October 17, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Christopher P. Salas-Wright, Sehun Oh, Michael G. Vaughn, Jordana Muroff, Maryann Amodeo, Jorge Delva Source Type: research