Heroin use in US at 20-year-high, says UN
The United Nations said on Thursday that the number of heroin users in the United States has climbed to a 20-year-high. UN's World Drug Report 2016 states the number of heroin users in the US in 2014 was around one million, a three-fold increase from 2003. The report also said that heroin-related deaths have increased by five times since 2000.