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During the Vietnam War the rate of use was about 5%
Heroin was:
- inexpensive
- about 95 percent pure (compared to 5 percent in the US)
- easy to obtain
Most users smoked or sniffed or even ate heroin
Most users stopped when they returned to the U.S.
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