As an unintended consequence of getting tough on those who have been dealing prescription painkillers, some law enforcement agencies in Maryland are reporting an increase in heroin use by young people and others in suburbs and towns across the state who are finding heroin more available and cheaper than prescription drugs.
"So what we have done is driven out the pills so to speak....and what has happened is the pills have become harder to get," Lt. Lee Dunbar, with the Harford County Sheriff's Narcotics Task Force, tells WBAL's Scott Wykoff. "What that has done is driven up the price of the pills and heroin has actually become cheaper and more readily available."
He says it’s not just an inner city problem anymore as more-and-more teenagers and 20-somethings all across the state are turning to heroin with prescription drugs getting more expensive and tougher to get. More
The opium and lithium are the real reasons we're still in Afghanistan. The Taliban didn't allow opium production in Afghanistan. Since the start of the war, the country is responsible for 90% of the worlds opium production. Up from 20% under Taliban control. It's no surprise we have an increase in troop presence in the fall right around the start of harvest season.
Firstly, the police really believe that THEY have "driven out the pills"? Really? Self serving BS. And heroin use? Nature's way of eliminating the stupid. Since heroin use began (as a middle class phenomenon) there has been a cycle of "use, addiction, and death" that comes and goes about every 20-25 years. People that use it either die or quit. Or get imprisoned and quit or die in prison. Then usage decreases until the next group of dummies decides THEY won't get addicted ir die....
The opium and lithium are the real reasons we're still in Afghanistan. The Taliban didn't allow opium production in Afghanistan. Since the start of the war, the country is responsible for 90% of the worlds opium production. Up from 20% under Taliban control. It's no surprise we have an increase in troop presence in the fall right around the start of harvest season.
ReplyDeleteFirstly, the police really believe that THEY have "driven out the pills"? Really? Self serving BS. And heroin use? Nature's way of eliminating the stupid. Since heroin use began (as a middle class phenomenon) there has been a cycle of "use, addiction, and death" that comes and goes about every 20-25 years. People that use it either die or quit. Or get imprisoned and quit or die in prison. Then usage decreases until the next group of dummies decides THEY won't get addicted ir die....
ReplyDeleteBut we have to allow illegals in this country and not secure the boarder
ReplyDeleteThank goodness there's none of that stuff going on in da 'bury.
ReplyDelete;) We're crime free and loving it! Who's with me? Guys... guys.... come back...