Heroin in the Middle Class
Heroin addiction has invaded the middle class thanks to the popularity and low availability of prescription painkillers. We’ve written a few articles on this topic and directed you to others, and we’ll continue the practice until the deadly trend reverses. Too many of the people you love out there are needlessly killed by overdoses, and the number has been increasing rapidly for several years.
This blog article offers some sobering statistics and a short video to show how everything is coming together to create an environment where heroin use skyrockets. It covers everything from production, to trafficking, to use stats.
We learn that Mexico has become the 3rd largest opium producer in the world, which would surprise most of your friends and neighbors. The cartels have decided that marijuana isn’t as marketable anymore, and they know that there is a growing demand in the US for heroin. Every year, more prescription painkiller users are switching to heroin because it’s cheaper and more widely available.
It’s the middle class addicts who can no longer get a prescription written, or those who need more than they are being prescribed. It’s the “dragon” you’ve heard about for many years, but you just applied it to junkies on the street. In a lot of cases, it’s a conscious decision made under the cover of addiction, seemingly reasoned, to save money and avoid legal issues. The problem is that there is no handbook for heroin use, dosing and potency is not always accurate, and the only real teacher they get is another addict.
Overdoses are likely to occur with this setting. Once an opioid like heroin gets hold of someone, it doesn’t like to let go, and it doesn’t care where the person came from. Here at Tarzana Treatment Centers, we provide a variety of services aimed at getting heroin addicts clean and back to normal lives. We also spread the word in articles like this one in the hope that you will talk to friends about it. This has become a serious issue, and you may save a life.