CentralOhio.com out of the Lancaster Eagle Gazette from Lancaster, Ohio reported today that The Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring Network conducted research and found three key drug trends in Ohio - heroin abuse, prescription drug abuse in combination with alcohol among young people plus prescription drug abuse in combination with alcohol abuse among the elderly.
‘Black tar’ heroin use in several OSAM reporting areas have been noted. There has also been a higher rate of treatment admissions for heroin abuse in suburban young adults.
Juni Frey, associate director of the Paint Valley ADAMH has said that there is increased abuse and addiction of black tar heroin in the central Ohio counties particularly along (US) 23.
Paint Valley ADAMH serves as the mental health, alcohol and drug addiction planning agency for Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Pike and Ross counties.
Law enforcement recognizes that U.S. 23 is a mainline for drug trafficking within Ohio, a fact that led to the creation of the U.S. 23 Pipeline Major Crimes Task Force. In addition to undercover work and search warrants, the task force also has worked in Ross and Pike counties on Multi-Agency Police Saturation operations with a goal of collecting on warrants, specifically secret drug indictments.
http://www.centralohio.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/B8/20080819/NEWS01/808190305/1002
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