Don’t Say Cheese
Drug traffickers are always looking for ways to hook kids, hiding and making false claims about the harmfulness of the drugs they sell. In an effort to profit off kids, traffickers are peddling a substance called “cheese.” It’s not what it seems. It’s a deadly mixture of black tar heroin and ground up over-the-counter medicine. Some people think it looks like grated cheese or rough sand, but it is far from harmless. Since 2005, 21 teens in the Dallas area have died from using it.
By using a common name and by selling it cheaply, traffickers are aiming to get kids as young as eleven and twelve addicted. Traffickers can call it anything they want—but the truth is: heroin kills. Many young teens don’t understand that it is easy to overdose while using heroin. In some cases, cheese users believe they are getting small doses of heroin when in fact, traffickers have mixed in a high percentage of the drug.
Teens who are selling the drug to other teens have been arrested by police. Drug trafficking is a serious charge and law enforcement, including DEA, takes this very seriously.
Don’t be fooled. Traffickers will stoop to any low to get teens high.
Read about Oscar who lost his life after using cheese.
Read Nick Cannata’s story: another teen dead from heroin.
Read more about cheese and how it took Fernando Cortez, Jr.’s life.
The main ingredient in cheese is heroin, and heroin can kill. Its addiction potential is very high, and it is one of the most lethal drugs around. Click here for more information on heroin.
Here’s more: read about other young people who died from heroin.
Dominic Pelicano
Shelly Sanders
Amanda Danielle Boryla
Beth Nelson
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