Ideally the number IS zero. :) The realistic number on the other hand will probably be higher, as you identify. I'd also argue there's a difference between being 'hooked' on opiates and using them regularly for…
The only thing I could really find is here: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2012-04-2... Long story short, the Army investigated 56 soldiers in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2011 for using / dealing.…
I think there certainly is a case to be made that U.S. prices are lower because there is increased global supply. That increased supply drives down competition for South American / Mexican heroin, reducing prices for…
Yeah, that part really caught my eye too. Anecdotally, many heroin addicts seem to start off with prescription painkillers and then move on to heroin once their preferred pills become unavailable (crack down on scripts,…
Except, of course, that people were also overdosing "left and right" due to the pill mills and illegitimate pain clinics... Edit for source: http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2015/pill-mill-crack...
Afghanistan hasn't been a significant source of US heroin in decades. The majority of heroin in the US is either from Mexico or Colombia these days. Source:…
Ideally the number IS zero. :) The realistic number on the other hand will probably be higher, as you identify. I'd also argue there's a difference between being 'hooked' on opiates and using them regularly for…
The only thing I could really find is here: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2012-04-2... Long story short, the Army investigated 56 soldiers in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2011 for using / dealing.…
I think there certainly is a case to be made that U.S. prices are lower because there is increased global supply. That increased supply drives down competition for South American / Mexican heroin, reducing prices for…
Yeah, that part really caught my eye too. Anecdotally, many heroin addicts seem to start off with prescription painkillers and then move on to heroin once their preferred pills become unavailable (crack down on scripts,…
Except, of course, that people were also overdosing "left and right" due to the pill mills and illegitimate pain clinics... Edit for source: http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2015/pill-mill-crack...
Afghanistan hasn't been a significant source of US heroin in decades. The majority of heroin in the US is either from Mexico or Colombia these days. Source:…