What a difference a zip code makes: Sheriff Richard Jones has seen - TopicsExpress



          

What a difference a zip code makes: Sheriff Richard Jones has seen crack, methamphetamine and pills plague his southwestern Ohio community but calls heroin a bigger scourge. Children have been forced into foster care because of addicted parents; shoplifting rings have formed to raise money to buy fixes.There are so many residual effects, he says. And were all paying for it. Heroin is spreading its misery across America. And communities everywhere are indeed paying. The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman spotlighted the reality that heroin is no longer limited to the back alleys of American life. Once mainly a city phenomenon, the drug has spread to gripping postcard villages in Vermont, middle-class enclaves outside Chicago, the sleek urban core of Portland, Ore., and places in between and beyond.--The Guardian, 4/6/14.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 15:12:53 +0000

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