Over 3.5 million Americans ages 12 and older have tried heroin at least once, with the number of users doubling in just the past few years. Heroin can be injected, smoked, or snorted and leads people to become slaves to the drug, while nearly 4% of pregnant women use illicit drugs like heroin during pregnancy, risking poor fetal growth, premature birth, and stillbirth due to the life-threatening effects heroin has on the body and potential for collapsed veins and infectious diseases that also impact those around the user.

2. 3.5 million Americans ages
twelve years and older have
admitted to trying heroin at
least once

4. The number of heroin
users has doubled just in
the last few years.

6. Heroin can be injected in a
user's veins, smoked or
snorted

9. People using heroin become
slaves to the drug

12. Nearly 4 % of all pregnant
women are users of illicit
drugs during pregnancy.

16. During pregnancy the use of
heroin can lead to poor fetal
growth, premature delivery,
and still birth

18. The effects heroin has on
the body are life
threatening

19. It can lead to collapsed
veins and infectious diseases

21. Heroin not only effects the
user but, also the people
around them..

24. Heroin Kills