Mind-Boggling Heroin Statistics

Heroin is an illegal, highly addictive drug. It is a type of opioid, meaning it is derived from the opium poppy plant. Most people have heard of heroin, but they are not aware of the frightening heroin statistics that show addiction to this drug is on the rise in nearly all parts of the United States.

Below, we look at some of these heroin statistics and discuss how you can get help if you are currently struggling with a heroin addiction or if you have a loved one who is struggling.

Heroin Statistics

Heroin statistics easily show that thousands of people are struggling with this substance abuse problem at any given time, and prevalence of addiction to heroin is constantly on the rise.

• 8,200 — Number of people who died due to heroin addiction in 2013
• 20.6% — Percentage increase of overdose deaths from heroin from 2014 to 2015
• 45% — Percentage of people who are addicted to heroin and also addicted to opioid painkillers

Heroin and Prescription Painkillers

You will notice that the last statistic shows the link between heroin use and opioid painkiller use. This is no coincidence. In fact, both heroin and opioid painkillers are related. Both drugs are derived from opium poppies, which are flowering plants that grow naturally in Asia and parts of Latin America.

The heroin epidemic links directly to the prescription opioid painkiller epidemic. This is because the two drugs are nearly the same in how they affect the user.

Many individuals throughout the United States have chronic pain. This may be from accident or injury, a disease, or a recent surgery. In the 1990s, doctors around the United States prescribed their patients with chronic pain opioid painkillers. Today, we can see how this has affected American chronic pain patients and the results are not good.

Many thousands of individuals have become clinically addicted to opioid prescription painkillers and it has ruined their lives. These drugs hurt you mentally, physically, and emotionally, and they can also drain your finances.

In addition, these drugs are difficult to obtain, so it may take illegal measures to get more drugs. Doctors will not prescribe numerous prescriptions for these drugs and when sold on the black market, they are expensive.

For this reason, many people have turned to heroin because it offers a similar high and can actually be easier and cheaper to get than prescription opioid painkillers.

How to Get Help for Addiction

Beaches Recovery offers numerous programs that help those addicted to heroin or prescription painkillers. We offer the following programs:

• Men’s drug addiction rehab program
• Women’s drug addiction rehab program
• Teen drug rehab for recovery
• Drug detox services
• 12-Step approach programs or a non- 12-Step approach programs

If you would like to learn more about the drug addiction help that we offer at Beaches Recovery, give us a call today. Learn about our programs and additional holistic recovery services. Call us anytime at 866.605.0532.