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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Heroin top U.S. drug threat; "Ferguson effect" real: DEA chief 🌿Heroin top U.S. drug threat; "Ferguson effect" real: DEA chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Heroin use has been exploding in the United States in recent years and on Wednesday federal officials said that for the first time it was viewed as posing the greatest U.S. drug threat.
In an annual assessment by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, heroin was ranked the No. 1 problem by the largest portion of local and state law enforcement agency authorities taking part, said DEA head Chuck Rosenberg.
Methamphetamine was ranked the top drug threat in 2014, and controlled prescription drugs was top in 2013, according to the DEA.
Heroin use in the United States has skyrocketed in recent years and there was 51 percent increase in users between 2013 and 2014. Though most common in the Northeast, heroin use in the Pacific and Great Lakes regions has tripled since 2007, the DEA said.
Rosenberg also added his support to the theory that increased scrutiny of...
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