This is a horrible, horrible situation now! Bad news big time!!
I think that the only solution is to have a federal law on the books that everyone caught transporting/smuggling and dealing in heroin [in Any Amount]- receive automatic LIFE sentences with no parole!!
It is so cheap it is now a very popular drug for the young (and stupid). And the infected needles are a huge problem too.
News came out earlier this week that in Greenville County (Upstate SC), 19 deaths in past 6 months of heroin laced with fentanyl (most potent opioid used in medical treatment)...some bodies found still holding needle. One report recently stated police responded to 6 overdose emergencies in 24 hours. This isn’t some big city bastion of liberal-laced waste, but one of the most conservative areas of the country. I shake my head in grief over what’s happening in our country, to our families, our young people, even old, as those 19 deaths ranged in age from 23-73.