The Pueblo Chieftain editorial: We must study, then fight heroin problem
To really combat a problem, you must first understand it.
The facts presented in an excellent series of articles by Chieftain reporters Ryan Severance and Zach Hillstrom titled “Highs and Lows of Heroin” have been chilling.
As reported this past weekend, a 2015 Healthy Kids Colorado survey found that just over 6 percent of youths in Pueblo County reported having used heroin one or more times during their life. That might not sound like a lot. But that number is three times more than the 2 percent of youths throughout the rest of the state who reported using it.
Just as disturbing if not more so, 16 percent of Pueblo County youths reported they took a prescription drug without a doctor’s prescription one or more times, while 13.7 percent reported doing so statewide.
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