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Heroin the potent killer of the past is now a commonly used drug in the state of New York. It can be found on the streets of New York, especially in the metropolitan areas where the population is dense.  Here, heroin trafficking is intense! Its popularity is partially, due to aspects, such as role modeling in movies. This is such a negative and harmful activity; however it is made to look”cool” in movies. This can be seen in the movie, “Frank Lucas”. Where he engaged in heroin activities.  This really influenced the teen generation, regarding to this illicit and dangerous drug.

Heroin can be purchased in various ways, as follows:

• Stamp

This is a small square piece of wax paper that contains heroin in powder form. This wax paper is folded twice and is stamped with different enticing images. Some of the more popular stamps include some of the following: “Purple City”, All Star”, Frank Lucas”, Green Needle”, etc. You might be surprised as to the way in which pretty stamps can encourage these already addicted individuals to purchase them. The cost is approximately $375 to $ 400 a brick, which is equivalent to 50 stamps.

• Brick

A brick is 50 stamps.

• Balloon

A balloon is the heroin that is not in paper wrappings.

• Bun

A bun is a bundle of 10 stamps

There are basically 2 ways to get high o0n heroin:

1)    Sniff it

This seems to be the most common method in which to get heroin into your system, since it requires no paraphernalia.

2)    Shoot it

With this method you must have a needle and mix the powder heroin with a specified amount of water. Then it can be shot into one’s body.

Depending on the severity of the addiction, is the amount of heroin that is needed per day. The longer that an individual is on this drug, the more that is needed. The reason that heroin plays a vital role in crime is because addictions usually become so expensive that the user cannot find a way to pay for his/her habit. It is felt that his/her only recourse is to steal or rob to get “fast money”. Sad, but true, a strong drug, like heroin, leads to many types of negative activities and sometimes, even death!

Drug related activity seems to be prevalent in the state of New York.; however law enforcement and government officials are attempting to curtail the drug problem. Although it is soaring in many other states throughout America, New York is rated high, due to it many large metropolitan areas that are located within its borders. There are various types of activity that are considered to be drug related as follows:

• Violation of laws

Those individuals who participate in illicit drug activities   seem to lose their sense of “right and wrong” and violate laws.  The more drugs that they experience, the more they seem to be avid law breakers.

• Violent acts of aggression

Drug users experience “ups and downs” when it comes to their behavior. The same is true with respect to their acts of aggression. When they are “high” they are more aggressive and so are their actions. This can lead to violence.

• Thefts/ robberies/ burglaries

As one’s drug habits increase, so does the need for money. It gets to the point that these individuals must steal, rob, or burglarize in order to obtain the needed monies for drugs.

• Arson

This seems to be more and more common among drug users. If an addict’s property is “set on fire” the insurance money can be attained for drugs.

• DUI

“Driving under the Influence” is a common offense pertaining to drug users.

• Extremely high  life style

Those persons who lead an extravagant lifestyle may do so as a false sense of wealth, resulting from the use of drugs.  This lifestyle is usually “short – lived” and then the bills relating from these actions cannot be paid.

• Possession of drugs

This is an activity that is shared among drug users.

• Sale of drugs

Individuals who are highly addicted sometimes get into the activity related to the “sale of drugs” to support their drug habit. Some make extra money; however the typical drug user only makes enough to take care of his/her drug habit. Since the activities associated with illicit drugs are many and diverse, it has become a difficult process to completely eliminate them, but New York is well on its way in reducing these activities.