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Heroin Usage: Impact on Student Performance and Truancy amongst High School Students

Allison C Paolini

This manuscript will provide an overview of Heroin, its short term and long-term consequences, as well as its prevalence in usage amongst high school students. The manuscript will also discuss the impact that Heroin has on students’ academic performance and truancy. Counseling interventions will be addressed in regards to treating adolescent heroin addiction, as well as ways to promote school engagement in order to reduce truancy and maximize students’ personal and academic potential.