Heroin is the most habit-forming drug available and users get into the clutches of addiction far quicker than with other drugs. Unfortunately very few heroin addicts manage to break the vicious cycle of addiction.

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Heroin is primarily used by young adults between the ages of 20 and 25 years and for most of these users, heroin is their first drug of choice. However, some treatment centres report that they are treating children as young as 13 years for heroin addiction.

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A recovering heroin addict and the mother of a heroin addict share their stories of loss, suffering and hope on 24.com Blogs.

Click here to read the mother's blog. And here to follow an addict's road to recovery.

More information on heroin:
Heroin A-Z
The changing face of heroin addiction in South Africa
 

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