Flood of Heroin Ravaging Chicago. John Bebow.
by Bebow, John; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 66Health. Publisher: Chicago Tribune, 2004ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Chicago (Ill.) | Drug abuse | Drugs -- Overdosage | Heroin | Heroin habit | Heroin industryDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Emilio Chavez Garcia was 50 when he called his estranged wife in Puerto Rico on Christmas Eve to say he wanted to come home. Maybe this time, she hoped, he would finally kick the heroin addiction that had ruined their family. Rafael Diaz was 36 and had dreams, too. Two months from getting off parole for peddling heroin, he carried a pledge in his day planner: 'If I do not build a case against myself, all goals will be accomplished.' Within 10 minutes of each other on Jan. 7 [2004]--the syringes next to their bodies--the Chicago men became two exhibits of what authorities say is one of America's largest, most diverse and resilient heroin markets." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) This article examines Chicago's heroin trafficking problems.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Flood of Heroin Ravaging Chicago, Feb. 4, 2004; pp. n.p..
"Emilio Chavez Garcia was 50 when he called his estranged wife in Puerto Rico on Christmas Eve to say he wanted to come home. Maybe this time, she hoped, he would finally kick the heroin addiction that had ruined their family. Rafael Diaz was 36 and had dreams, too. Two months from getting off parole for peddling heroin, he carried a pledge in his day planner: 'If I do not build a case against myself, all goals will be accomplished.' Within 10 minutes of each other on Jan. 7 [2004]--the syringes next to their bodies--the Chicago men became two exhibits of what authorities say is one of America's largest, most diverse and resilient heroin markets." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) This article examines Chicago's heroin trafficking problems.
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