For complete coverage of the heroin scourge read LI Press articles here.
DA: Suffolk heroin dealers busted
Three kilos of heroin. Fifty firearms. OxyContin, marijuana, cocaine. Over $200,000 in U.S. currency.March 14 marked the largest heroin drug seizure in county history, Suffolk District Attorney Tom Spota announced at a March 19 press conference. Thirteen people were arrested in what was called Operation Guapo. Read more...
Casting Light on Dark Corners
Long Island drug enforcement efforts took a dramatic shift this week with the debut of a "drug mapping index" on both the Nassau County Police Department’s website and Suffolk County government’s homepage. Read more...
Drugs in our Town: What's a Parent to Do?
Monday March 9th the Smithtown Central School District will be hosting a profound and timely Parent University special. Click here for details.
Please Share Your Feedback
Please follow-up on the panel discussion by submitting comments to further open the dialogue between all the constituents that are vital in confronting substance abuse in our town.
Heroin Facts & Figures
Heroin is a highly addictive drug and is the most widely abused and most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants.
Pure heroin, which is a white powder with a bitter taste, is rarely sold on the streets. Most illicit heroin is a powder varying in color from white to dark brown. The differences in color are due to impurities left from the manufacturing process or the presence of additives. Another form of heroin, "black tar" heroin, is primarily available in the western and southwestern U.S. This heroin, which is produced in Mexico, may be sticky like roofing tar or hard like coal, with its color varying from dark brown to black.
Heroin can be injected, smoked, or sniffed/snorted. Injection is the most efficient way to administer low-purity heroin. The availability of high-purity heroin, however, and the fear of infection by sharing needles has made snorting and smoking the drug more common. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) researchers have confirmed that all forms of heroin administration are addictive. Read more...
Pure heroin, which is a white powder with a bitter taste, is rarely sold on the streets. Most illicit heroin is a powder varying in color from white to dark brown. The differences in color are due to impurities left from the manufacturing process or the presence of additives. Another form of heroin, "black tar" heroin, is primarily available in the western and southwestern U.S. This heroin, which is produced in Mexico, may be sticky like roofing tar or hard like coal, with its color varying from dark brown to black.
Heroin can be injected, smoked, or sniffed/snorted. Injection is the most efficient way to administer low-purity heroin. The availability of high-purity heroin, however, and the fear of infection by sharing needles has made snorting and smoking the drug more common. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) researchers have confirmed that all forms of heroin administration are addictive. Read more...
Not In My House
Every day, 2,500 teenagers use a prescription drug to get high for the first time. They're accessing these drugs in the comfort of home; it can be as easy as opening a cupboard, drawer, or medicine cabinet. The good news - there are steps you can take to help protect your kids from prescription drug abuse: monitor, secure and dispose. This site, created by Abbott and The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, shows you how.It is strongly recommended that you watch the 'What The Experts Say' video on this site. Not only does it tell a powerful story, it is extremely instructive in pointing our ways to deal with issues and the steps of where and how to get help.
Does your "don't do drugs" talk include the ones in the
medicine cabinet? Gary and Jordan Neal, a family who lost a son to teen prescription drug abuse, nationally-renown addiction specialist Dr. Kathleen Brady, noted teen psychologist Dr. Anthony Wolf and founding member of Partnership for a Drug-Free America Tom Hedrick explain the many facets of this problem and what parents can do to help protect their children.
Dying High: Teens in the ER
This hard hitting, reality-based video gives viewers a chance to see what goes on inside the nation’s emergency rooms as doctors treat teens for some of the most common types of injuries among young people: drug overdose, alcohol poisoning, car wreck traumas and more. Dying High offers a glimpse into the nightmarish reality of what can happen when young people take risks with their health, their safety and even their lives. New federal data indicates a 20% increase in drug–related ER visits for teens under the age of 17. Yet drug-related emergencies are only part of the bigger picture. This video presents a series of episodes which allow viewers to see common life-and-death ER moments. The goal of this video is to remind teens that risk–taking behaviors can often lead to serious injury and death.Click on the image above to watch a preview in Quicktime.
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Long Highland
Heroin: It's "This Generation's Drug of Choice"Click on the image to the right for another gripping article from the Long Island Press which shockingly confronts the notion that parents truely know what their sons and daughters may be taking part in.
According to the Nassau County Medical Examiner, young white males make up the majority of drug deaths. While it is not all heroin, the
majority of the deaths are from opiates.
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