HEROIN EPIDEMICDEVASTATION AND SOLUTIONS

STATISTICS

CUT WITH FENTANYL

• LEADING TO DEATHS ALL OVER

• MORE POWERFUL HIGH -THEY FOUND ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME SUBSTANCE IN THOSE STAMPED BAGS, A FIFTY – FIFTY MIXTURE OF HEROIN WITH FENTANYL,’ HE SAID, ADDING THE OPIATE PROVIDES A HIGHER HIGH THAN HEROIN BY ITSELF (3.)”

SCIENCE OF THE BRAIN/ ADDICTION (2).

Mid-Brain

AFGHANISTAN

• IN 2012 ACCOUNTED FOR 150,000 HECTARES OF POPPY PLANTS (1).

• 1 HECTARE=2.47 ACRES

• 1 ACRE =43,560 SQUARE FEET

AFGHANISTAN CONTINUED

BILLIONS WERE BEING SPENT ON “OPERATION CONTAINMENT” DURING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION.

DESPITE ALL EFFORTS...

DESPITE ALL THE EFFORTS…

SOLUTIONS INCLUDE

• NA RECOVERY

• AVERT RECOVERY (2).

• MEDICATION PRESCRIPTIONS- SUBOXONE, METHADONE

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