Heroin is Purest in the U.S., Again - Democratic Underground

seemslikeadream

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Fri Dec-17-04 02:44 PM
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Heroin is Purest in the U.S., Again

December 17, 2004

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"You can't buy any better heroin in the world than you can buy in New Jersey," Michael Pasterchick, special agent in charge of the Newark DEA office told the Associated Press.

This embarrassing revelation, which was also an embarrassing revelation last year, comes as the Newark DEA has made heroin its top priority for the last few years, devoting half its manpower to slowing down the heroin trade and increasing the number of seizures six-fold.

The DEA says heroin samples from New Jersey streets are 71.4 percent pure, nearly twice the national average. Other major cities range from 12.1 percent purity in San Francisco to 66.3 percent in Philadelphia.
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http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/12_17_04deaheroin.cfm

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Bono71

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Fri Dec-17-04 02:45 PM
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1. They should just legalize it and tax the hell out of it...

Edited on Fri Dec-17-04 02:45 PM by Bono71

If people are dumb enough to take heroin, that is their own problem.

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MsAnthropy

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Fri Dec-17-04 02:48 PM
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2. We're Number 1! We're Number 1! We're Number 1! We're Number 1!

If only we were good at something good.

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Bono71

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Fri Dec-17-04 02:48 PM
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3. Post of the day.

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BurtWorm

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Fri Dec-17-04 02:48 PM
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4. We're # 1! We're # 1!

U!S!A! U!S!A! U!S!A!

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seemslikeadream

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Fri Dec-17-04 02:51 PM
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5. Heroin addicts are on the rise in West Michigan

(Kent County, December 16, 2004, 7:18 p.m.) Is the recent heroin problem in West Michigan getting worse or is it just getting more attention?

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24 Hour News 8 talked to several substance abuse clinics, three of which say they are seeing more people, many of them teenagers, addicted to heroin or a similar drug called methadone. It is becoming an epidemic from which an expert says some people will never recover.

“It's just devastating for people, as you can see,” said Mark Witte of Community Mental Health. He has a handle on how bad the heroin problem is as he helps find treatment for 120 addicts a year. Right now, he has one as young as 14.

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http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2703711&nav=0RceUID4

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Fri Dec-17-04 02:52 PM
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6. locking not Late Breaking News

earlier thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1066046

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