Denham Springs, LA 9/29/2011 2:40:00 AM
News / Health & Wellness

Stats show rampant drug usage in Iowa

There is rampant growth in the usage of drugs in the State of Iowa. The urban cities of Iowa have been primarily affected by the usage of drugs. These drugs are widely available and so that leads to drug problems everywhere. Police reports show that drugs accounted for 61.9% of convictions.

Drug addiction in Iowa is a cause of growing concern for all the people residing in that area. Heroin seems to be the most abused drug in this state. Mexican heroin is widely available in retail outlets.

Black tar heroin is supplied across the border by air as well as road transport. There has been a rise in the number of deaths for overuse of heroin since 2008.

The police officials of the state of Iowa recently reported drug trafficking from the Mexican drug traffic organizations. There a number of criminal groups and gangsters functioning in the central and western provinces of Iowa.

These organizations have highly defined control and command structures to take up the task of distributing complex drugs throughout the state. The stats in Iowa are a reminder that the situation is becoming grimmer day by day. Besides heroin, cocaine is the other drug widely abused in Iowa. To make matters worse the rising indigence of alcoholism in the state is quite upsetting.

Iowa drug abuse rehabs have a lot of work cut out for them.

Raising awareness about the harmful effects of drug abuse is the need of the hour in Iowa or any other part of the country. Only awareness can bring down the number of cases of drug addiction.

Iowa needs drug abuse solutions now more than ever.