The illicit drug I think is the greatest threat to the United States is Heroin. Reading the 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment Summary it showed heroin spiked from 2011 to 2013 in being seized by the DEA. Which mean more heroin was being pushed into the United States. I also read that cocaine and methamphetamine dealers are starting to move to distributing heroin. Some of the United States major cities house the heroin market such as New York, Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Washington, DC, and Baltimore. Heroin also attracts opioid users. Heroin is much easier to get a hold of then prescription drugs. Mexican traffickers are increasing the shipment for heroin to the United States rapidly. Prescription drug abuse is increasing. I know in the Army soldiers are tested every month for drugs. If a soldier is taking a drug and the drug is expired or it’s another soldier’s prescription and it shows up on their urinalysis, they will be punished. I had a friend in the military who would sale people stuff for pills. I know there are other drugs like marijuana that is easy to access but marijuana is becoming a norm. But once marijuana can’t do nothing for them to get high they tend to move toward the harder drugs heroin and cocaine. A popular drug being abused by the young generation a lot today is codeine. They make a drink called lean. They take cough medicine and mix it sprite and put a jolly rancher in it then shake it up. Then they drink it causing them to get high and lose control of their motor skills. Most stores ask for ID to make sure you’re of age to buy cough medicine. All in all Heroin is the greatest threat to the United States.
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