The border isn’t secure? Are the Dreamers repackaging and distributing the drugs?
Via WFB
Local officials report deaths and overdoses attributed to heroin have reached epidemic proportions, and observers say increasing border security could help cut down on the influx of the drug.
Media reports from Colorado, New Hampshire, California, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Jersey, and Oklahoma have all noted surges in the use of the opiate.
Following the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, the administration posted an item at the website for the White House stating it has “seen indications that heroin use is increasing among young adults, which is a serious concern.”
Much of the heroin is being imported from Mexico and South America. A recent DEA report showed a 232 percent rise in heroin trafficking across the southwest border from 2008 to 2012.
The administration’s latest figure, from a yet-to-be-released report, shows a 324 percent increase from 2008 to 2013.
Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas) suggested tighter border security is one way to stop the heroin from getting through Mexico and onto America’s streets.
“It’s been more than three years since the Obama Administration had a credible way to measure border security, so it should come as no surprise that drug trafficking is on the rise at our porous Southern border,” Cornyn said in an emailed statement.