There was a recent article on Fox News about the still-growing epidemic of heroin and opioid abuse and it was linked to another forum I visit.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/17...hampshire.html
So members started commenting on how many of their friends and family have been affected. One guy said he had 18 friends die from overdose over the past year (I don't think I even have 18 friends...). Others mentioned how people are walking around like zombies and families are just being devastated by drugs.
It seemed quite a few people using and dying were in their 30's and 40's, which is odd since you'd think one would learn their lesson by that age and wise up to stupid behavior and it's consequences.
But it seems like it's mostly a serious problem in the Midwestern and Eastern states as most people talking about it were from those areas.
My former partner at work is from Ohio, in his late 20's, and said he's lost 50 high school classmates in the past two years to heroin/fentanyl.
I guess I just can't comprehend the kind of environment that people were describing in their communities. I'm out in town nearly every day going to the grocery store or gas station in a town with 15k college kids. I rarely see someone that is obviously on meth or heroin. Lots of dope smokers, however.
My brother is a Detective and member of the local inter-agency drug task force and a couple of years ago mentioned how deaths from meth were down due to the Mexican cartels controlling the supply and flooding the market with "safer" meth with less unknowns in it.
He also said that heroin use was increasing in our area but not nearly as bad as it was in other places.
I don't know; I don't know anyone addicted to heroin or that has died from OD. I know a couple of potheads and a bunch of alcoholics but no hardcore drug users.
What about your area? Do you actually see bunches of people walking around like zombies? Do you have family or friends on heroin/opioids?