Heroin is increasingly becoming a problem in communities throughout Colorado. Recent data shows increased rates of heroin seizures and arrests, heroin overdoses, administration of naloxone, and treatment for heroin use. This growing trend is a public safety issue, which not only affects families, friends and individual users, but the general public as well.

Numerous data sources indicate that Colorado is experiencing an increasing problem with heroin. This is supported by data indicating increased rates of heroin seizures and arrests, heroin overdoses, administration of naloxone, new cases of hepatitis C, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), heroin exposure and treatment for opioid use disorders.