South Carolina Heroin Rehab Information

South Carolina Heroin Addiction

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In recent surveys preformed by The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), 330 or 1.3% of South Carolina's 24,582 state residents who admitted themselves into treatment for heroin. Not including the 5,267 state residents who admitted themselves into treatment for either opiates or more than one drug. Studies also show that 89,000 or 2.6% of South Carolina' s citizens reported needing but not receiving treatment fort illicit drug and alcohol use in the past year. Heroin is readily available in multi-gram quantities throughout South Carolina and is routinely packaged in "bindles" for distribution. Smugglers use a variety of concealment methods including express mail and land transportation to bring heroin into the state. New York, New Jersey, and Mexico are the most common sources for heroin distribution in South Carolina. Although the heroin user population has historically been a limited and stable group generally located in the inner cities, recent information indicates an increasing pattern of heroin use by a younger population in "experimental" or "party" situations.

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