Heroin: Assessment of use and abuse: A Review

摘要

A lot of drug abuse treatment centers and health care providers have implemented special education programs for individuals who take drugs. The purpose of this article is to provide a brief outline on the assessment of Heroin use and abuse. This paper revealed the National-level drug prevalence studies which indicate the rate of Heroin use/abuse in the past years in different age groups among less than high school, high school, some college graduate students, young adults and other grades. The paper further focuses on percentage of heroin use/abuse in different age groups and various demographic characteristics which includes the comparison of gender, race/ethnicity and population density.