Hey everyone!

Just to let everyone know, Tracks is coming to paperback in about 5 days on amazon! It's also currently available on the createspace website ;)

So the reason I wrote this book is because I'm an addictions nurse. I really love my job and I like helping people with this disease, and I'm excited to do it full time one day ;). I wanted to draw attention to this horrible epidemic. So, I thought I'd share some statistics that I found :)

"A National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) report on heroin statistics estimates 3.7 million Americans have tried heroin at least once (2003).4

14 percent of admissions to publicly funded drug abuse programs in 2006 were for heroin treatment.

Of an estimated 113 million emergency department (ED) visits in the U.S. during 2006, the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) estimates that heroin was involved in 189,780.5

The heroin addict spends from $150 to $200 daily to maintain their heroin addiction.

From 70% to 80% of all new cases of Hepatitis C come from injectable drug abuse and while heroin can be ingested in other ways, most users choose to eventually inject the drug.

A list of celebrities who have died from drug overdoses or the consequences of drug abuse can be found at Wikipedia.6 The list runs into the hundreds, with heroin featured in many of the deaths."

All from myaddiction.com

Hope you all have a great memorial day weekend!