“Cheese Heroin” Newest Threat to At-Risk Teens
One has to assume a diabolical mind is at work when imagining the men or women who actually take the time to develop new ways to package drugs. Do they stay up late at night figuring out how best to entice a kid to get hooked? Is it just a matter of marketing and profit? Whoever they are, and whatever depravity they possess, they have introduced yet another product that parents need to be aware of in their ongoing battle against teen age drug abuse. It is called cheese heroin.(click image to enlarge)
“At least 18 Dallas County teenagers have died from using cheese, a mixture of black tar heroin and powderized Tylenol PM tablets.
The deaths have been reported throughout the county. Most of the victims are male, and involve equal numbers of white and Hispanic youth. One girl who died was found with the phase “Cheese Please” scrawled on her body with a marker.”
What makes it all the more despicable is that it sells for as little as $2 per dose, making it affordable to the very, very young.
“The spread of cheese in schools has parents and law enforcement officials worried. Children as young as 11 have been caught with the concoction.”
It is of little reassurance that, for now, the new drug seems confined to Dallas. No doubt crack was confined to one segment of the country before it grew to be a plague. Here is what you need to be aware of.
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- What is Cheese?
Cheese is black-tar heroin and crushed Tylenol PM tablets. Drug abuse experts, doctors, and police say it’s highly addictive and very, very dangerous. Nearly 20 deaths have been linked to the drug in the last year.- What does it look like?
It’s a tan-colored powder that looks like parmesan cheese, hence the nickname. Dealers often sell it in small ziplock baggies or a folded piece of notebook paper.- How is it taken?
Kids usually snort the powder with a tube, straw, coffee stirrer or ballpoint pen casing.- How do they afford it?
One hit or “bump” can cost as little as $2.- Who’s taking it?
Both girls and boys, wealthy and poor. The drug has been found in more than a dozen Dallas ISD schools and in several surrounding suburbs.- What are the symptoms?
After inhaling cheese, users grow lethargic and drowsy, sometimes euphoric as the heroin enters their systems. They often seem disoriented or sleepy, and may complain of excessive thirst or hunger. Parents should watch for a child’s sudden change in grades and friends.
Teen Age Drug Abuse