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♪ the needle and the spoon what a thrill to the moon we're going to take you away ♪ the death of "glee's" cory monteith drawing attention to heroin abuse among young people. >> the number of americans using heroin has doubled over the last decade, and it's spreading to some unlikely places. abc's byron pitts has more. ♪ living in a lonely world >> reporter: cory monteith, clean-cut star of the show "glee" shocked his fans when he died from a heroin overdose. but he's now the new face of the next generation of heroin users, a growing group found mostly in of all places suburbia. police ...

♪ the needle and the spoon what a thrill to the moon we're going to take you away ♪ the death of "glee's" cory monteith drawing attention to heroin abuse among young people. >> the number of americans using heroin has doubled over the last decade, and it's spreading to some unlikely places. abc's byron pitts has more. ♪ living in a lonely world >> reporter: cory monteith, clean-cut star of the show "glee" shocked his fans when he died from a heroin overdose. but he's now the new face of the next generation of heroin users, a growing group found mostly in of all places suburbia. police ...

Nothing to worry about. >> the problem is, once most heroin users become addicted to the drug, eventually the only way to satisfy their habit is with a needle. >> my parents were really shocked because i was basically what you would call a functioning addict for almost three years because i went through three years of high school and they had no clue what was going on. i was using the whole time. i played football. i was getting good grades. there was no signs really to give them any idea that i was, you know, shooting up heroin. >> my best friend overdosed and died and i had to witness all th...

Dropped when it became legal again. >> if we were to do away with our drug laws and legitimize narcotic use by let adults do what they do, we know the drug usage numbers are going to skyrocket. >> john: but we don't know that. people think drug abuse would be rampant. portugal decriminalized all drugs ten years ago and the number of abusers did not skyrocket. >> in portugal, people often talk about as a success, it's actually a blatant failure. >> john: we won't to portugal. he is just wrong. >> huge problem with abuse. >> this man is portugal's drug czar. >> we have many people hooked. >> her...

Again. if we were to do away with our drug laws and log get miez narcotic use in this country let an adult do what they do we know stat tisiccally the drug usage numbers are going to sky rocket. people think we are not for drug laws drug abuse would be rampant. it criminalizes all drugs ten years ago. the number of abusers would not sky rocket. >> in portugal which people often talk about is actually a blatant failure. >> we went to fort gull, he is just wrong. >> huge problem with reviews. >> this man is fort gull's drug czar. >> we have around 100,000 people. >> 15 years ago heroin users sho...