I'm not sure if heroin ever left Santa Cruz after the 90s. It took a concerted effort to get a trail into part of a local park that had been dubbed "heroin hig

I'm not sure if heroin ever left Santa Cruz after the 90s. It took a concerted effort to get a trail into part of a local park that had been dubbed "heroin highway". There was anyone from guys in suits and BMWs to homeless getting their fix in the area. The trail helped mitigate issues for the park quite a bit, but the heroin problem is still huge. In Santa Cruz, I think a lot of it stems from decades of tolerance and looking the other way. Now when people are fed up,a lack of treatment options, ease with which those living on the street can get a meal and access to cheap drugs, as well as a judiciary that is at best revolving door perpetuates the problem.