Heroin Invading Small-Town America; 'We're Up to Our Eyeballs in It'. Tim Jones.
by Jones, Tim; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 73Health. Publisher: Chicago Tribune, 2003ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Drug abuse | Heroin | Heroin habit | Middle West | Narcotic addicts | Parent and teenager | Rural families | Teenagers -- Drug useDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A costly struggle against heroin rages in the comfy, cedar-paneled home on West Hanley Road, and everyone inside is losing. The adult sons of Steve and Chris Thomas have stolen more than $50,000 from their parents' business to support their heroin addictions. The Thomas home is in a lockdown state, with money and other valuables that could be traded for drugs kept away from the boys. A bolt lock protects the master bedroom. The Thomases now finance their vending machine business on low-interest introductory credit card offers, switching to new cards every 6 months. Last week [May 2003] a Richland County judge arraigned Mark, 22, and Matt, 18, on felony drug possession charges. The next day Mark Thomas was caught by his parents using heroin again and, as has happened before, was thrown out of the house. It's a war with no victory in sight." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) This article discusses the rise of small-town heroin abuse occurring in the Midwest.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Heroin Invading Small-Town America; 'We're Up to Our Eyeballs in It', May 9, 2003; pp. n.p..
"A costly struggle against heroin rages in the comfy, cedar-paneled home on West Hanley Road, and everyone inside is losing. The adult sons of Steve and Chris Thomas have stolen more than $50,000 from their parents' business to support their heroin addictions. The Thomas home is in a lockdown state, with money and other valuables that could be traded for drugs kept away from the boys. A bolt lock protects the master bedroom. The Thomases now finance their vending machine business on low-interest introductory credit card offers, switching to new cards every 6 months. Last week [May 2003] a Richland County judge arraigned Mark, 22, and Matt, 18, on felony drug possession charges. The next day Mark Thomas was caught by his parents using heroin again and, as has happened before, was thrown out of the house. It's a war with no victory in sight." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) This article discusses the rise of small-town heroin abuse occurring in the Midwest.
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