L.A. Times Says OxyContin Created Everett’s Heroin Epidemic

Heroin has reportedly replaced OxyContin as the drug of choice in Everett.

That quote from Sunday’s L.A. Times comes from a story titled,

How black-market OxyContin spurred a town’s descent into crime, addiction and heartbreak

A MyEverettNews.com reader shared the story with us and we’re passing it along to you for your consideration.

In the story, writers Harriet Ryan, Scott Glover and Lisa Giron from the L.A. Times describe how mass quantities of black-market OxyContin flooded Everett’s streets in the time period from 2008 – 2010. Then the formula for making the drug changed which created a huge demand for heroin which officials here now call an epidemic.

In February of this year DEA agents seized large quantities of heroin and meth from the operator of several halfway houses in Everett. In March of this year Everett Police announced arrests of large heroin dealers supplying smaller dealers in the area of the Smith Street bridge.

You can read the L.A. Times story here.