Pubdate: Thu, 17 Apr 2014
Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (NY)
Copyright: 2014 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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Author: Elizabeth Valentine

HEROIN REPRESENTS TERROR ATTACK

Make no mistake about it: the recent heroin epidemic is exactly what
the Taliban and al-Qaeda were hoping to achieve. Sure, it took the
tightening of prescription drug supplies to give it the boost it
needed, but with introductory level pricing, it was just a matter of
time before they'd sew the market up. So, when will this nation
allocate real and serious dollars to fight this terror attack? Perhaps
it would help to begin referring to it not just as an epidemic, but as
the chemical weapon attack it is. Because that's what it's going to
take -- a huge intervention. That and the acceptance that we cannot do
this with our existing under-funded chemical dependency facilities and
the half-baked policies of health insurance companies when it comes to
drug addiction.

ELIZABETH VALENTINE

ROCHESTER
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