Drug Cartels Marketing Heroin in East Idaho
Published at(IDAHO FALLS, ID) – The number of heroin seizures by eastern Idaho police departments is on the rise. Mexican drug cartels are targeting the region with large amounts of heroin, which is believed to be laced with deadly pharmaceutical drugs and may be produced in a laboratory. People addicted to prescription pain killers sometimes switch to heroin as a cheaper alternative for getting high. Nearly a half-million people living in the U.S. are now considered heroin dependent, over twice the number from 2002.