Drinking issue at Dartmouth!

frazzled1
Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:49:35 +0000

mini, thanks for the info in post 20. Could you share more about the growth in heroin use among young people - is it related to a scarcity of OxyContin? I ask because the 23 y/o son of an acquaintance was recently arrested for heroin possession and we were completely floored. It seems the least likely drug for a suburban, recent college grad to be involved with, though that is probably just my ignorance showing. This kid was arrested a few years ago for felony possession of a narcotic, which we speculated might have been OxyContin, went through rehab, and had charges dropped. Is heroin use in fact growing among young people? Apologies for the somewhat OT question, but heroin use seems so out of the norm for the college-aged population, whereas binge drinking is, despite its dangers, apparently quite common.