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<blockquote data-quote="gottaloveem" data-source="post: 514178" data-attributes="member: 1953"><p>I ran across this article in the Detroit Free Press. It explains how widespread the use of heroin is in our area. I thought this forum would be a good place to share. The article explains it is no longer an inner-city drug, teens from the suburbs are using. </p><p></p><p>I know it is a hard fact but I feel it is extremely important that parents understand that this drug is out there, and not just in our area, but everywhere.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>"I can't give you hard numbers, but we know it's here, and we're constantly amazed at how young the users are getting," said Detective Sgt. Deron Myers of the Chesterfield Township Police Department. "Years ago, you'd never fathom a 15-, 16-, 17-year-old using heroin. It was considered an inner-city, Cass Corridor drug."</em></p><p></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The new heroin addicts likely started off using prescription drugs, authorities said. But as the prescription drugs ran out, they turned to the street, where the drugs cost $80 a pill. Heroin, on the other hand, is cheap -- as little as $5 a pop.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"That's what's driven the epidemic over the last two years," said Rick Isaacson, special agent and public information officer for the Detroit division of the Drug Enforcement Administration.</em></p><p><em>"It's almost as if you're not becoming a heroin addict, per se, you're becoming an opiate addict."</em></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20120305/NEWS04/203050350/Heroin-addiction-rising-in-metro-Detroit-suburbs?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s" target="_blank">http://www.freep.com/article/20120305/NEWS04/203050350/Heroin-addiction-rising-in-metro-Detroit-suburbs?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Love,</p><p>Lia</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gottaloveem, post: 514178, member: 1953"] I ran across this article in the Detroit Free Press. It explains how widespread the use of heroin is in our area. I thought this forum would be a good place to share. The article explains it is no longer an inner-city drug, teens from the suburbs are using. I know it is a hard fact but I feel it is extremely important that parents understand that this drug is out there, and not just in our area, but everywhere. [I]"I can't give you hard numbers, but we know it's here, and we're constantly amazed at how young the users are getting," said Detective Sgt. Deron Myers of the Chesterfield Township Police Department. "Years ago, you'd never fathom a 15-, 16-, 17-year-old using heroin. It was considered an inner-city, Cass Corridor drug."[/I] [I] The new heroin addicts likely started off using prescription drugs, authorities said. But as the prescription drugs ran out, they turned to the street, where the drugs cost $80 a pill. Heroin, on the other hand, is cheap -- as little as $5 a pop. [/I] [I]"That's what's driven the epidemic over the last two years," said Rick Isaacson, special agent and public information officer for the Detroit division of the Drug Enforcement Administration.[/I] [I]"It's almost as if you're not becoming a heroin addict, per se, you're becoming an opiate addict."[/I] [url]http://www.freep.com/article/20120305/NEWS04/203050350/Heroin-addiction-rising-in-metro-Detroit-suburbs?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s[/url] Love, Lia [/QUOTE]
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