Heroin Use Way Up In The United States

[Mad Scientist]

The number of people who say they have used heroin in the past year jumped 53.5% to 620,000 between 2002 to 2011 the WSJ reports:
Chart Of The Day: United States Of Soaring Heroin Use | Zero Hedge
The CDC says overdose deaths are up as well.

Given THE GROWING SUPPLY dealers have flooded local markets with heroin. Former users interviewed in Ellensburg, who didn't want to be identified, said dealers promoted the drug aggressively. A 21-year-old recovering addict said she made the switch from pain pills to heroin after her dealer one day held out both options in his hands and encouraged her to choose the cheaper one.
A former Marine (I thought you were ALWAYS a Marine?) who lives in Ellensburg said he switched to heroin after getting hooked on oxycodone prescribed to him for an injury suffered while serving overseas. "To me, it was identical," said the 28-year-old. "It's mind-numbing, an instant antidepressant." He was eventually arrested for writing bad checks; if he successfully completes drug treatment, charges will be dropped.

Well why is the supply going up?
'1mn died' from Afghan heroin, drug production '40 times higher' since NATO op ? RT News

Heroin production in Afghanistan increased 40 times since NATO began its ‘War on Terror’ in 2001.

But, but I thought we're in Afghanistan to fight Terrorists?
In a related story: Bank Pays Money Laundering FINE.
HSBC to pay $1.9 billion U.S. fine in money-laundering case | Reuters

HSBC Holdings Plc agreed to pay a record $1.92 billion in fines to U.S. authorities for allowing itself to be used to launder a river of drug money flowing out of Mexico and other banking lapses.HSBC's money-laundering lapses in Mexico AND ELSEWHERE were cited in an extensive Senate report earlier this year, but the documents filed in court on Tuesday provided new details.
Despite the known risks of doing business in Mexico, the bank put the country in its lowest risk category, which excluded $670 BILLION in transactions from the monitoring systems, according to the documents.

No one went to jail, they paid a FINE! (A Banker Transaction fee of 3.4%). But if YOU put that sh*t in your veins your azz is in serious trouble amigo!


Let's recap:
US increases Heroin production in Afghanistan by use of it's Military.
US allows heroin into the United States through it's porous border.
US demands tribute from Banks that Launder the Drug Money.
Drug users in the US are thrown in Jail.


I would call that the Prison Industrial Complex, how bout you?


Oh and I almost forgot to Thank all you Vets for making this possible!

USA! USA! USA! USA!

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - dey tryin' to kill alla white people...

CDC: Heroin Death Rates Up 102% for Whites; Opioids Down 8%
October 9, 2014 – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released last week, “non-Hispanic whites” had the highest death rates for both heroin and prescription opioid pain reliever (OPR) with a more than 100 percent increase in the death rate from heroin.

The heroin death rate for whites was 2.4 per 100,000 population in 2012, compared to 1.8 per 100,000 population in 2011 – a 101.9 percent increase, according to the CDC. The overall number of heroin deaths in 2012 was 3,636, compared to 2,679 in 2011. That’s 956 more heroin deaths than the year before. Meanwhile, 9,869 OPR deaths were reported in 2012, compared to 10,393 in 2011. That’s 524 fewer heroin deaths than the year before. The heroin death rate for non-Hispanic whites and Hispanic whites doubled and nearly doubled in blacks. The Northeast and South had larger heroin overdoses than the Midwest and West. OPR death rates declined only in the South, the CDC found.

In May, Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield said the number of heroin addicts has increased 75 percent in the last four years, and the amount of pure heroin entering the U.S. has doubled. The CDC reported a 45 percent increase in heroin deaths from 2010 to 2011, the largest annual percentage increase since 1999. In Kentucky, heroin deaths increased by 279 percent from 2010 to 2012, while Ohio experienced a 300 percent increase from 2007 to 2012, with men aged 25-34 years at highest risk for fatal heroin overdoses. The OPR death rate for whites in 2012 was 7.0 per 100,000 population, compared to 7.5 per 100,000 population in 2011 – an eight percent decrease.

A drug addict prepares a needle to inject himself with heroin in front of a church in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles. It's not a rare scene on Skid Row to spot addicts using drugs in the open, even when police patrol the area. Jim Hall, an epidemiologist who studies substance abuse at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. says, the striking thing about heroin’s most recent incarnation in the early 21st Century, is that a drug that was once largely confined to major cities is spreading into suburban and rural towns across America, where it is used predominantly by young adults between the ages of 18 and 29. "We haven’t really seen something this rapid since probably the spread of cocaine and crack in the mid-1980s," Hall said.

In comparison, whites had a death rate of 1.1 per 100,000 population from heroin in 2008 and 6.9 per 100,000 population from OPR. Examples of opoid drugs include: hydrocodone, oxycodone, codeine, methadone, and morphine. “Decreases in OPR death rates were not associated with increases in heroin death rates,” the CDC said. “The findings indicate a need for intensified prevention efforts aimed at reducing overdose deaths from all types of opioids while recognizing the demographic differences between the heroin and OPR-using populations.” “Efforts to prevent expansion of the number of OPR users who might use heroin when it is available should continue,” it added.

The age group with the highest heroin overdose death rate was aged 25-34 years, while the age group with the highest OPR overdose death rate was aged 45-54 years. The heroin death rate for males in 2012 was almost four times that of females, while the death rate for OPR was 1.4 times that of females. The number of overall overdose deaths in 2012 was 23,732, down slightly from 2011, when there were 23,792 people who died from drug overdose. OPR overdose mortality dropped significantly among males, people under 45, people in the South, and non-Hispanic whites.

CDC Heroin Death Rates Up 102 Percent for Whites Opioids Down 8 Percent CNS News

 

[jon_berzerk]

way to go obamacares

" if you like your pusher you can keep your pusher ..period"