Don’t think this isn’t in your community folks. I live in a well off area, and heroin addiction and overdoses are increasing at an alarming rate. Moreover, prescription drug use is reaching epidemic levels, and that spills into all classes. When some can’t get their opiates, they turn to street drugs. Alcoholism and abuse is also a MAJOR problem in this country, and it seems to be getting worse. If your friends, family, or yourself think you are drinking too much, you are.
When I see and talk to EMT’s in the grocery store, they say that drug overdoses are the main calls they get nowadays.