For every ambulance called to the scene figure at least a $300 charge to the town.
So, in first responder expense the cost for a medium sized city is about ten calls a night times 300 time 365 days a year. That’s a little over a million dollars.
Now add in all of the other expenses such as theft, hospitals, and all other things tied to opiate abuse.
East of the Mississippi this crap comes in from Mexico.
We need a wall for this reason alone. We should be sending drones to kill cartel lords instead of Isis weddings—which, relatively speaking, represent the deaths of a couple hundred people every year.
The American people need to wake the hell up.
These dealers often target youngsters, hang around schools, and trick them into using. Since black tar heroin is more addictive than possibly any other drug, it can take just one time to produce addiction.
This drug has devastated communities in at least 17 states, probably more, with tax payers ending paying for much of the damage.