Suburban drug threat

The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Powell mother for allegedly trafficking heroine out of her home April 29, 2010. In some neighborhoods, it would not have even raised an eyebrow. But on the north side of Columbus in an area that would be considered the affluent section of a housing development, it is astounding. How could this be? People move to the suburbs and believe that their kids are safe from this type of influence. This is no surprise for the officers who work in drug enforcement. They are not surprised that there are drugs in the suburbs, but are surprised that people would think their kids are safe from drug influence in the suburbs. Street Smart program officers who work in tandem with the Dare program and the Franklin County Sheriff Special Investigation Unit tell in their 4-hour program that drug pushers are entrepreneurs. They simply go where the money is. Why would they go to the urban streets and sell a bag of brown heroine for five bucks when they can sell it to the kids who have more money in the suburbs for twenty-five? Any organization can see this presentation by emailing StreetSmart. Find more information about this program on the Franklin County Sheriff Department website http://www.sheriff.franklin.oh.us/

Every parent should acquaint themselves with the website of Drugfree.org. It will tell a parent what the growing trends are. The parent that goes to this website will learn heroine is the growing trend in the Northeast. Most likely it is not just growing in the cities of the Northeast.