Notions might exist that illegal drugs and narcotics are an ill of the cities only. Not any more. Drugs have made their way to even rural areas, which 20 years ago, such regions could be described as 'out in the country'.
Two cases in point are Niagara New York, and Oregon.
Outline of key terms:
- Niagara, NY
- hydrocodone
- marijuana
- crack cocaine
- antiquity modals
- Oregon
- Josephine County
- baby addicts
- methadone
- marijuana
- Cave Junction
- methamphetamine
- Medford
- Grants Pass
Further reading:
Insofar tunnels, here is what can be looked at, result of quick checks on the web, as a microcosm of the situation:
"...More than 75 tunnels have been discovered along the U.S.-Mexico border since 2008, designed largely to smuggle marijuana to the United States.
The tunnels are concentrated along the border in California and Arizona. San Diego is popular because its clay-like soil is easy to dig. In Nogales, Arizona, smugglers tap into vast underground drainage canals.
San Diego's Otay Mesa area -- site of the latest discovery -- has the added draw of plenty of nondescript warehouses on both sides of the border to conceal trucks being loaded with drugs..."
Source and full story: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/10/31/feds-find-drug-tunnel-linking-san-diego-tijuana/
Feds find drug tunnel linking San Diego, Tijuana
Published October 31, 2013
Associated Press