Meth Abuse Down – Heroin On the Rise

Reported by: Mike McClanahan

“Heroin killed seven people in Jefferson County in 2007, but the drug is being blamed for sixteen deaths so far in 2009.The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office made a huge heroin bust earlier this year. Lt. Randy Christian says dealers are trafficking more heroin because of a nationwide clamp down on ephedrine, the raw material needed to make meth.”

http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/Meth-Abuse-Down-Heroin-On-the-Rise/LRrYotPI90CtQCtDx6-0hQ.cspx