You re nowhere in this alternative music scene or whatever you want to call it unless you ve used heroin. But Charles Cross, a Seattle journalist, says those rock musician deaths can t be blamed on the city s music scene. It s not unique to this segment of society. Experts say heroin abuse is also on the rise because younger users are inhaling or smoking the drug and later start injecting, once they become addicted. Although police say there s been only a slight jump in heroin trafficking, these street kids, who asked not to be identified, say the drug is easily available.
Downtown s pretty, it s pretty easy.
We just had four friends that took off to go get a bunch. I mean, it s not even hard. Both say they ve used heroin and found it highly addictive. It s basically the first reaction of doing it is you end up throwing up and you end up going crazy and you end up itching, and it makes you really sick, and then after that, you know, it s just like an intense rush, and you love it, and then you hate it, and then you love it, and you hate it, and even if you hate it, you do it anyway. It takes over, and there s nothing you can do.