The annual King County Drug Trends
report was released last month by the King County Drug Trends Workgroup. Among their major findings is that heroin use continues to increase in King County and
statewide; young adults are a major population of concern. Heroin involved deaths among those under 30 has increased from 7 deaths (14%)
in 2009 to 34 deaths (34%) in 2013, the numbers for all ages increased from 49
to 99 respectively.
The report includes information about drug treatment admissions and for adolescents (under 18 years old) marijuana remains the primary
reason for entering treatment. For young
adults (under 30 years old) heroin is the primary reason for entering treatment
and alcohol is the primary reason for all other adults.
A complete copy of the report is
available at http://adai.uw.edu/pubs/cewg/CEWG_Seattle_June2014.pdf.
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