04-19-2011, 03:49 PM
(04-19-2011, 02:58 PM)Adub Wrote: The $$ drug activity $$ that I have seen in Toledo, is heroin and crack. But I hear you, JC & LS were abusing/misusing prescription drugs. And whatever went down on Longacre Lane was related to drugs, imo.
The High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas report on Ohio certainly backs your info on crack and heroin: http://www.ncjrs.gov/ondcppubs/publicati...oh-fs.html
Something you might find interesting is the May 2010 report by the Ohio Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force: http://www.publicsafety.ohio.gov/PrescDr...urces.html
From the PDF:
Prescription opioids (pain medications) are the drugs most often responsible for the rise in fatal overdoses in Ohio. vi The opioids most associated with overdoses are Fentanyl, Oxycodone (OxyContin®), Hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and methadone. In 2008, opioids
caused more overdoses in Ohio than heroin and cocaine combined. vii Other prescription drugs of potential abuse include sedatives, such as Diazepam (Valium®) and Alprazolam (Xanax®), and stimulants, such as Adderall® and Ritalin®. viii
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Diversion is the unlawful channeling of regulated drugs from medical sources to the illicit marketplace of pain medications. xv The practice of diversion is a lucrative business. For example, a bottle of 100 Oxycontin® 80 mg tablets, which normally costs $700-800 at the pharmacy, has a street value of $7,000-8,000. xvi Diversion can occur along all points in the drug delivery process (manufacturers, distributors, physicians, pharmacies, homes etc.), and methods of diversion vary from theft to illegal internet sales and prescription fraud. xvii Two common ways to divert prescription drugs are by deceiving the prescribers (e.g., “doctor shopping”) and through illicit drug prescribing (e.g., “pill mills”).
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Currently in Ohio, there are at least eight pill mills in Scioto County alone (a county of only 76,000 residents). xxii
Food for thought as to motive.