February 25, 2012

SandBox Comments: KREX News 5 "Heroin Use Alarmingly High in Mesa County"

Cori Coffin:
"Mesa County - Heroin use is at an all-time high in the Grand Valley. That's according to the Mesa County Sheriff's Office. In fact, drug officials are so concerned that they're teaming up with a special task force to combat this rising trend in our community.

Officials have seen several arrests recently in connection with the drug, and police officers say they've been encountering heroin more and more on their stops as well.

The problem has gotten so bad, Sheriff's officials say from 2000 to 2010, they made six arrests in relation to heroin. In the last three months, they've made 19 arrests...."  (Read more?  Click title)

"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

always the tone of surprise. mesa county's been the hard dope capital of the western slope for years. heroin, coke, meth, narcotics. don't let your kids go to mesa state has been the norm for parents around here for a long time. there's a reason more busts are happening. cops are more tuned in and are listening.