Heroin abuse among teenagers rising across the US.

Moral of the story: Wait more 8th graders have tried heroin than 12th graders? That's a problem.

Source: AMA Morning Rounds 10/30/09

The CBS Evening News (10/29, story 7, 3:10, Couric) reported, "Heroin abuse by teenagers is on the rise all over the country." National Correspondent Jim Axelrod reported, "Forget injecting heroin. The stuff on the street is so pure now, that kids in the suburbs are snorting it." Axelrod reported that "users are getting younger. More 8th graders now say they've tried heroin in the last year than 12th graders," according to data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Axelrod noted that 46 people died "from a heroin overdose last year" in Nassau County, New York. That is a 75 percent increase from 2008. According to Axelrod, "That's a troubling spike being felt nationwide."