Say "Cheese" (a New Heroin Product)

Via CrimProfBlog

from dallasnews.com

Law enforcement experts say high school kids – some of whom are gang members – appear to make up the loosely organized packagers and sellers of "cheese," the latest incarnation of heroin making its way into mostly Hispanic schools in northwest Dallas.

The heroin that is being cut with Tylenol PM to make cheese comes from the same sources that have been funneling the drug north from Mexico for years, according to police. But cheese represents the latest attempt to hook a new generation of customers, most of whom grew up with "Just Say No" commercials and are, by and large, averse to sticking needles in their arms – the traditional delivery method for heroin.

Update:

Via CrimProfBlog:

The names are cute and hip, but the products drug dealers are peddling with them are deadly nonetheless, according to police who are struggling to keep up with the latest gimmicks aimed at getting young kids hooked on narcotics.

"Cheese" – crushed nighttime cold tablets laced with heroin – has dominated the attention of local narcotics agents as the mixture infiltrates Dallas-area public schools. At least 21 young people have died by overdosing on the drug.

But authorities are on the lookout for other drugs with catchy names, too – especially candy-flavored methamphetamine that appears to be spreading from west to east across the U.S.

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Concern has reached all the way to Capitol Hill, prompting two U.S. senators two weeks ago to introduce legislation strengthening penalties for peddlers of candy-flavored narcotics.

No overdoses have been connected directly to these new strawberry meth varieties in North Texas – yet.

But Lake Worth police this week stumbled upon a significant quantity of the substance, known as "Strawberry Quick," and Fort Worth police reported finding a minuscule amount in April.