I was really shocked at just how epidemic this is, even in smaller towns that you wouldnt think would be that way... scary...
Remember this is the press. The is most likely an agenda when they publish something like this.
You can thank the CIA, GWB, and OBOLA for this.
I have a police scanner, next to elderly needing assistance, overdose/attempted suicide calls represent a large number of dispatches, most are teens or low-mid 20-somethings.
Local grocery store hires a lot of young people, most don't last very long for whatever reason(work ethic???) One thing I've noticed over the last few years...how many of these young people have this "distant" look about them, almost zombie like the way they talk/act, it's like they are in a trance.
So much of today's youth are lost due to the constant garbage being fed to them from those on the other(dark)side of the culture war.
We know foreign instigators(Mexico/China)are playing a large role for their part of the drug epidemic, but domestic rats who turn a blind eye(if not down-right complicit)have blood on their hands also. That long list of political/financial profiteers includes(of course)the left-wing MSM.
It is a serious issue that threatens the future of the country, as such, it should be dealt with harshly, not with kid gloves...before it gets totally out of hand.