There were 141,000 new heroin users reported in 1995, most of them under 26.
What about the large number of doctors who are heroin users?
The guy, a heroin user, passed the front door and walked on.
In contrast, many heroin users shoot up three or four times a day.
The Government estimates there are 500,000 regular heroin users in the nation.
Heroin users who try to give up their addiction have the same rate of failure.
The nation has an estimated 600,000 heroin users but only 115,000 treatment slots.
The agency said 11,712 heroin users entered treatment in 1991, 207 fewer than the previous year.
Health officials mounted a public campaign to warn heroin users.
Heroin users almost immediately begin to develop a tolerance for the drug, experts say.