I was always making up excuses. I had everything under control, the whole world under control. My parents were clueless. Heroin Considered 'Super Cool' Heroin use remains relatively rare among teens overall. However, that was more than double the rate of seven years earlier.
Analysts continue to examine the reasons behind the surge.
For years, most heroin had to be injected directly into a user's bloodstream to be effective. Girls typically prefer to sniff or smoke their drugs rather than inject them, so heroin was out of vogue, experts say. But now, with more potent heroin available as a powder in small bags or gel capsules, users can get high without injecting. Young girls don't like injecting regularly. It leaves marks.