Cheese (recreational drug) 5028483 214730873 2008-05-25T00:39:17Z WhisperToMe 15708 /* External links */ [[Image:Cheese-drug.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Example of cheese, seized by the U.S. [[Drug Enforcement Administration]].]] '''Cheese''' is a [[heroin]]-based [[recreational drug]] that surfaced in the [[United States]] in 2005 and came to the attention of the media inside and outside<ref>"[http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,494505,00.html US-Teenager riskieren mit "Cheese" ihr Leben]." ''[[Der Spiegel]]''.</ref> the United States after a string of deaths among [[adolescence|adolescents]] in the [[Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex]], in 2006 and 2007. Cheese is formed by combining heroin with crushed tablets of certain [[Over-the-counter drug|over-the-counter]] [[common cold|cold]] medication, such as [[Tylenol PM]]. Such cold medications contain [[acetaminophen]], the [[active ingredient]] in [[Tylenol]], and the [[antihistamine]] [[diphenhydramine]], the active ingredient in [[Benadryl]]<ref name="mysanantonio">{{cite news|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA050406.heroin.KENS.90a1956.html|publisher=WTHR|title=New street drug "cheese" brings concerns|date=[[2006-05-04]]|author=David MacAnally|work=Eyewitness News}}</ref> and a common opiate potentiator.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} Cheese samples obtained in [[north Dallas|north]] [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]] contained between 2% and 8% heroin, in contrast to the 30% commonly found in black tar heroin.<ref name="newdrug">Kent Fischer and Jason Trahan, [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/042806dnmetnewdrug.13fb8bb3.html "New drug craze hits DISD,"] ''The Dallas Morning News'', April 28, 2006</ref><ref name="deanewsletter">{{cite news|url=http://www.dea.gov/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0506/mg0506.html|title=SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE BRIEF &ndash; "CHEESE"|author=Jeremy Liebbe|date=May 2006|work=Microgram|publisher=U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration}}</ref> Users commonly take the powder by [[insufflation]] rather than by [[intravenous injection]]. Another less common term for this mixture is "Tylenol With Smack" by analogy to the Tylenol With Codeine series. ==Emergence of Cheese== The drug made many news head lines when it appeared in several public middle and high schools in [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], [[Texas]]. The [[United States Drug Enforcement Administration]],<ref name="usa042606">Donna Leinwand, [http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-04-26-texas-heroin_x.htm Texas schools battle 'starter heroin'], ''USA Today'', April 26, 2006</ref> some police agencies and the [[Dallas Independent School District]] (DISD) dubbed the mixture "starter heroin."<ref name="WTHR">{{cite news|url=http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=4863444&nav=9Tai|publisher=Indianapolis News and Weather|title=New street drug 'cheese' brings concerns|date=[[2006]]-[[05-04]]|author=David MacAnally}}</ref> The district handled fifty-four property cases and found twenty-four felony offenses involving "cheese" between [[August 15]], [[2005]] and [[March 1]], [[2006]], at eleven schools.<ref name="whpolicy">[http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/cheese/ "Cheese" May 2006], WhiteHouseDrugPolicy.gov</ref> On [[February 24]], [[2007]], [[United Press International]] reported that DISD would increase [[drug-sniffing dog]] patrols in order to eliminate Cheese from its schools.<ref>[http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/Nikko_seeks_Citigroup_bailout/20070224-081416-8100r/ "Dallas schools turn to drug-sniffing dogs,"] United Press International, Feb. 24, 2007</ref> As of mid-2007, police records for the northwest quadrant of Dallas showed almost daily arrests for and confiscations of the drug.<ref name="fiesta2">Sergio Chapa. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/northdallas/stories/DN-cheese_17met.ART0.State.Edition1.69f0b9.html "Stores stop selling medicines that contain 'cheese' ingredient,"] ''Al Día'', July 17, 2007.</ref> According to Dallas school district authorities, [[Hispanic]] teenagers are the demographic group most frequently charged with possession of the drug;<ref name="newdrug">[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/042806dnmetnewdrug.13fb8bb3.html Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Hispanics also constitute a majority (60 percent) of all DISD students.<ref name="suptchange">Kent Fischer. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/071507dnmethinojosa.93b7ce.html "Superintendent is big on change,"] ''The Dallas Morning News'', July 16, 2007.</ref> DISD Police, on April 18, 2006, identified the youngest known user of Cheese as a 13-year old. By February 1, 2007, usage of Cheese was reported in the fourth-grade level at several elementary schools; By February 2007, Monty Moncibais, a detective of the Dallas Police Narcotics Division, noted 71 cheese-related arrests in children aged 10 through 16.<ref name="update2">Anna Schecter, [http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/02/update_2_heroin.html "Update: $2 Heroin 'Cheese' Spreads to Fourth Grade,"] ''The Blotter'', ABC News, Feb. 1, 2007</ref> Dallas-area treatment centers have noted that the drug's growing use has led to a lowering in the age of teens admitted to their programs{{Fact|date=August 2007}}, although the United States [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] (DEA) asserted in 2006 that cheese usage was not increasing. From a typical clientele of 15- to 17-year-olds admitted under court order, one Dallas-area center noted it had begun to admit 11, 12, and 13-year-olds voluntarily or at a parent's request.<ref name="dmn111806">Kim Horner, [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/111906dnmetcheese.32fda60.html "Local kids falling victim to heroin mix: Rehab programs surprised to see 'babies' among clients,"] ''The Dallas Morning News'', November 18, 2006</ref> ''[[Newsweek]]'' posted an article about Cheese, titled "Stopping a Kid Killer," in 2007.<ref>"[http://www.newsweek.com/id/34792 Stopping a Kid Killer]," ''[[Newsweek]]''</ref> Jack Schafer, a columnist for ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', criticized the ''Newsweek'' article; Schafer believes that the Newsweek article does not adequately explain the process of creating Cheese and did not use scientists as sources.<ref>Schafer, Jack. "[http://slate.com/id/2166417/ Newsweek's Cheesy Drug Story]," ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''</ref> Jane C. Maxwell, a senior research scientist of the Gulf Coast Addiction Technology Transfer Center at [[The University of Texas at Austin]], stated in "“Cheese” Heroin: Status as of May 2, 2007" that she believes that the effect of Cheese could increase due to media reporting aspects such as "unsubstantiated numbers" and "sensationalistic emphasis" regarding "new highs" and "schoolboy drugs," leading to [[copycat]] outbreaks.<ref name="maxwell">Maxwell, Jane C. [http://www.utexas.edu/research/cswr/gcattc/documents/cheeseheroin5-2-07.pdf "'Cheese' Heroin: Status as of May 2007,"] Gulf Coast Addiction Technology Transfer Center, [[University of Texas at Austin]], [[May 2]], [[2007]]. Retrieved [[August 26]], [[2007]].</ref> In mid-2007, a number of area stores opted either to remove Tylenol PM and similar products from their shelves or to move them to shelves within a pharmacist's view or control.<ref name="fiesta2"/> The manager of a [[Fiesta Mart]] [[supermarket]] in northwest Dallas explained his store's policy shift regarding various diphenhydramine-containing products by saying local youths were stealing these items, adding, "We didn't want to be part of the problem or anybody dying," implying that the store also pulled the products to curb abuse.<ref name="abc-fiesta"> [http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/story?id=3393795&page=1 "Dallas Stores Pull Medicine Containing 'Cheese' Ingredient,"] ABC News, July 18, 2007.</ref> The manager stated that theft decreased after removing the products, and various local Carnival supermarkets and [[Walgreens]] pharmacies also voluntarily shifted the products to pharmacist-controlled or -monitored shelves.<ref name="fiesta2"/> ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' reported that arrests for Cheese in DISD decreased. The district performed 71 arrests for Cheese in the 2006-2007 school year. During the 2007-2008 school year from August to December the district performed 17 arrests. The number of children seeking treatment for use of Cheese remained steady. The paper reported that usage of Cheese spread from the northwest Dallas area and into areas outside of Dallas County. Deputy Chief Julian Bernal, the commander of the narcotics division of the [[Dallas Police]], said that he encountered more [[White American|White]] and [[African American|Black]] teenagers using the drug. Michelle Hemm, the director of the Phoenix Academy of Dallas, believes that Cheese arrests decreased because users took more care to conceal the drugs or did not bring the drugs to schools for fear of detection. <ref>"[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/122007dnmetcheeseupdate.221d237.html 'Cheese' heroin arrests falling in Dallas school district]," ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''</ref> ==Creation and marketing of cheese== Drug traffickers bring the raw [[black tar heroin]] into the country for consumption. In the [[United States]], most traffickers ship tar heroin from [[Mexico]].<ref>ABC News. [http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/popup?id=2851491&content=&page=1 Cheese: The Heroin for Kids] (slide show), slide 1</ref> Middlemen purchase the raw heroin from the traffickers and then sell the heroin to children at middle and high school campuses, according to drug counselors at the Phoenix Academy of Dallas.<ref>ABC News. [http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/popup?id=2851491&content=&page=2 Cheese: The Heroin for Kids], slide 2</ref> According to a 14-year old girl being treated at the Phoenix Academy, water is then added to the heroin.<ref>ABC News. [http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/popup?id=2851491&content=&page=3 Cheese: The Heroin for Kids], slide 3</ref> The watered-down heroin, often called "monkey juice," is mixed with Tylenol PM tablets.<ref>ABC News. [http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/popup?id=2851491&content=&page=4 Cheese: The Heroin for Kids], page 4</ref> The makers of Cheese heat the mixture to remove excess water, resulting in the final product.<ref>ABC News. [http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/popup?id=2851491&content=&page=5 Cheese: The Heroin for Kids], slide 5</ref> The heroin in cheese remains an addictive substance, just like any adulterated form of heroin. Once a person is physically addicted, withdrawal symptoms may appear from 6 to 24 hours after the last dose of the drug.<ref name="mysanantonio"/> The link between physical dependence and addiction is partly psychological and sociological, and thus varies from person to person (and culture to culture), as has been documented in the work of [[Alfred Lindesmith]], an [[Indiana University]] professor of [[sociology]], and others. ==Deaths attributed to cheese== Deaths directly attributable to this form of heroin are difficult to confirm because coroner's offices frequently do not have a method to track cause of death to one specific form of a drug. Centralized reporting of cheese heroin deaths does not exist in Texas since each county has its own official to sign death certificates.<ref name="maxwell"/> <!--The [[acetaminophen]] from the tylenol tablets can be highly poisonous once a "cheese" (or other forms of heroin) user has reached a certain level of tolerance, so if an addicted user tries to satisfy his heroin need with big enough amounts of "cheese" he will eventually suffer live failure.{{fact}} Similarly, there are [[hydrocodone]] tablets that have a certain maximum amount of hydrocodone in combination with a certain minimum amount of acetaminophen that are designed this way to prevent abuse. If an addict is in withdrawal and has only those hydrocodone/acetaminophen tablets available, he will use as many as he may deem appropriate, but the massive amount of acetaminophen is, either acutely in large amounts, but, too, in much lower (therapeutic) doses (if taken over a long time), overburdening the liver and thus may lead to its failure which triggers a life-threatening condition.{{fact}}--> ===2006: The first deaths are reported === Several of the deaths are notable due either to the publicity that followed or unusual circumstances of the case. One of the earliest published instances of a death attributed to cheese heroin was that of Karla Becerra, an 18-year-old high school senior found dead by her father in their [[West Dallas]] home on April 24, 2006. Police attributed her death to snorting cheese and drinking alcohol.<ref name="newdrug">[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/042806dnmetnewdrug.13fb8bb3.html Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> On November 1, 2006, 17-year-old Keith Witherspoon died in nearby [[Mesquite, Texas|Mesquite]]; a story the following month in ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' profiled Witherspoon as "the first Dallas-area youth publicly known to have died of a heroin overdose since the 'cheese' concerns were raised."<ref name="dmn123106">Kim Horner, [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/123106dnmetcheese.279bffc.html "Mesquite family unable to save teen from drugs: Seeking help, family found only dead ends"], ''The Dallas Morning News'', December 31, 2006</ref> The death was also notable because Mesquite is located southeast of Dallas, indicating the problem had moved beyond its origins in the northwest quadrant of the city. ===Early 2007: Deaths in younger populations === The first middle-school "cheese" death in published accounts was that of Oscar Gutierrez, a 15-year old eighth grader in northwest Dallas, who died February 18, 2007;<ref name="wfaa021907">Rebecca Lopez, [http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa070219_mo_cheesedeaths.1864de1c.html "Mom speaks out after 'cheese' claims son's life,"] WFAA-TV (Dallas, Texas), Feb. 21, 2007</ref> his brother stated that the boy had previously survived an overdose of the same drug.<ref>Anna Schecter, [http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/02/who_killed_osca.html "Who Killed Oscar Gutierrez?",] ''The Blotter'', ABC News, Feb. 28, 2007.</ref> Community rallies followed Gutierrez' death as parents and others urged the police and school district to become more active in fighting what was viewed as a growing problem. The death of Fernando Cortez Jr., a high school student, on March 31, 2007, led to further community activism. Initially this death was linked to cheese heroin based on the father's comments in press reports; the father said his son was at a Dallas party when he was offered "cheese" and that the boy had not tried drugs before.<ref name="nbc5i">[http://www.nbc5i.com/news/11521429/detail.html "Police: Boy, 15, Found Dead,"] KXAS-TV, April 4, 2007.</ref><ref name="kuvn">[http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml;jsessionid=3DLPH2YBHWBWOCWIAA3SFFIKZAAFGIWC?cid=1136226 "Muere otro estudiante por drogas: Estudiaba en la escuela Molina de Dallas,"] ["Another student dies from drugs: He studied at Dallas' Molina school"], Univision KUVN-TV, April 4, 2007 (in Spanish)</ref><ref name="estrella040407">Martín Martínez. [http://www.diariolaestrella.com/128/story/7811.html "Padre de joven víctima aconseja a familias vigilar a menores,"] ["Father of young victim advises families to keep watch over minors"] ''Diario La Estrella'', April 4, 2007 (in Spanish)</ref><ref name="dmn040407">Sergio Chapa.[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/040407dnmetcheese.3582f6c.html "Family believes teen's death may be tied to 'cheese' heroin,"] ''The Dallas Morning News'', April 4, 2007</ref> Cortez's father went on to become a speaker at community meetings within the school system, urging that parents keep closer watch over their children.<ref name="leccion">Sergio Chapa.[http://www.aldiatx.com/locales/stories/DN-cheese_1dia.ART0.State.Edition1.42b5396.html "Una lección llena de dolor"] ["A lesson filled with pain"], ''Al Día'', May 1, 2007 (in Spanish)</ref> On April 24, the same day toxicology results were announced confirming the link to cheese, police announced a family friend would be charged with murder for having mixed the drugs for Cortez.<ref name="dmn042407">Jason Trahan. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-regionalrdp_24met.ART.State.Edition1.433e29f.html "'Cheese' heroin claims 18th school-age victim,"] ''The Dallas Morning News'', April 24, 2007.</ref> ===Spring/summer 2007: Old deaths examined, new deaths occur === Between the time of Cortez Jr.'s death and the announcement of his toxicology tests in late April, ''The Dallas Morning News'' published the results of a lengthy analysis of autopsy results between 2005 and 2007, conducted in concert with the [[Dallas County, Texas|Dallas County]] medical examiner's office, which suggested that as many as 17 deaths among adolescents during that period were attributable to cheese heroin, not including the Cortez death. The conclusion was based in part on the presence of both heroin and diphenhydramine in the blood of the deceased; additionally, the families of 11 victims confirmed the deceased had used cheese heroin. Some [[toxicology|toxicologists]] questioned the results due to the absence of acetaminophen. Other experts argued that acetaminophen has a shorter [[half-life]] and might have been [[metabolism|metabolized]] by the body prior to death. Susan Dalterio, a [[University of Texas at San Antonio]] pharmacology expert, insisted that the combination was unlikely to be a coincidence, as a person sleepy from diphenhydramine would be unlikely to be abusing heroin at the same time.<ref name="dmn041507">Jason Trahan. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/041507dnmetcheese.38c8f36.html "'Cheese' crisis runs deep,"], ''The Dallas Morning News'', April 15, 2007</ref> It is common for users of heroin, and other [[opioid]] drugs, to take diphenhydramine-containing medications to reduce two common side effects of opioid drugs: itchiness and nausea {{Fact|date=October 2007}}. On April 18, days after findings from the medical examiner's review were published, two more deaths occurred, though once again their connection to cheese heroin took weeks to be confirmed. The body of 18-year-old Keridma Godina was found on a porch in [[Balch Springs, Texas|Balch Springs]] the day after her death;<ref name="godina0503">Jason Trahan. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/050407dnmetcheese.2f650dd.html "Woman, 18, confirmed as 'cheese' victim,"] ''The Dallas Morning News'', May 3, 2007</ref> police charged two men immediately with abandoning the body, but were unable to make any drug-related charge when confirmation of the link to cheese came three weeks later. The death of 17-year-old Lauren Paulson of [[The Colony, Texas|The Colony]], was reported that same week, but was not linked to cheese heroin until late summer.<ref name="girl17">Jason Trahan. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/042107dnmetcolonyOD.2eb5afd6.html "Girl, 17, apparently dies of overdose,"] ''The Dallas Morning News'', April 21, 2007. Retrieved August 4, 2007.</ref> In mid-May, the Dallas County medical examiner's office confirmed that two earlier teen deaths &mdash; one in January and another in April &mdash; were confirmed by toxicology tests as linked to cheese heroin; these additions brought the known toll at that time to 21 deaths among those 18 and under, not including the Paulson case.<ref name="twomore">Jason Trahan. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/dallas/stories/DN-cheese_09met.ART.State.Edition1.42b47c5.html "2 teens' deaths from 'cheese' confirmed: Dallas County: DISD says arrests related to drug are down for the year,"] ''The Dallas Morning News'', May 9, 2007</ref> Over the summer vacation months of 2007, the push against cheese heroin continued. Parents and police organized a June 30 March, [[John Cornyn|Sen. John Cornyn]] visited the area as part of an anti-cheese campaign in early July, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy gave a press conference from Dallas ISD headquarters in August praising the district's efforts, and local stores pulled Tylenol PM and similar drugs from the shelves to make them less accessible.<ref name="march-june">Sam Hodges. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/070107dnmetcheeserally.31fa517.html "Parents, police march to promote awareness of 'cheese,'"] ''The Dallas Morning News'', June 30, 2007.</ref><ref name="cornyn1">Frank Trejo. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/national/stories/DN-cornyn_07met.ART1.West.Edition1.4345aa5.html "Cornyn visits Dallas on anti-'cheese' campaign,"] ''The Dallas Morning News'', July 7, 2007. Retrieved Aug. 4, 2007.</ref><ref name="czar1">Tawnell D. Hobbs. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-drugczar_02met.ART.East.Edition1.422f3fd.html "Drug czar lauds Dallas' fight against 'cheese,'"] ''The Dallas Morning News'', August 2, 2007.</ref><ref name="fiesta">Gary Reaves. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa070717_lj_cheese.85c6a5d9.html "'Cheese' products removed from Dallas shelves,"] WFAA-TV, July 18, 2007.</ref> July also saw the addition of two more names to the list of deaths, as Paulson's death became the 22nd linked to the drug, and a 17-year-old member of a high school [[drill team]] died at [[Parkland Memorial Hospital]] eleven days after being found unconscious on the morning her group was to take its yearbook photo.<ref name="soto">Sergio Chapa. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-cheese_12met.ART.North.Edition1.433df24.html "Dallas County's 23rd 'cheese' victim buried: Dallas: Drill team member, good student is 23rd to die in county,"] ''Al Día'', July 12, 2007.</ref> ===Autumn 2007: Deaths across north Texas === The spread of the drug to the outlying suburbs of Dallas was confirmed in September by the return of toxicology reports from the July 13 death of an 18-year-old student from [[McKinney, Texas|McKinney]], located northeast of Dallas in [[Collin County, Texas|Collin County]],<ref name="scottclark">Marissa Alanis.[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/090307dnmetcheese.3591edd.html "'Cheese' confirmed as cause of McKinney student's death,"] ''The Dallas Morning News'', September 2, 2007.</ref> and from two July deaths in nearby [[Tarrant County, Texas|Tarrant County]], one involving a 17-year-old male and the other, a 26-year-old male.<ref name="tarrant-july">Debra Dennis. [http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa070921_lj_cheese.f8c8b17b.html "Two confirmed as 'cheese' victims,"] ''The Dallas Morning News'', September 21, 2007.</ref> Additional suburban deaths in September &mdash; in [[Irving, Texas|Irving]] to the west and [[Rockwall, Texas|Rockwall]] to the east &mdash; were believed to be linked to cheese heroin, though police cautioned toxicology reports would not likely be complete until November. The Tarrant County medical examiner's office announced on September 24 that a review of deaths in Tarrant County (west) and [[Denton County, Texas|Denton County]] (north) showed an additional 15 deaths between 2004 and 2007 that appeared to be linked to "cheese," and [[Collin County, Texas|Collin]] and [[Rockwall County, Texas|Rockwall counties]] had reported one death each.<ref name="tarrant-40">Associated Press. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/092507dnmetheroinmix.28fb139.html "Tarrant officials confirm 2 'cheese' heroin deaths,"] ''The Dallas Morning News'', September 24, 2007.</ref> These new figures brought the total number of deaths associated with cheese heroin in northern Texas to 40, a figure that included much older adults along with those age 18 and under. ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== * [http://www.dallasisd.org/pd/cheese.html Cheese] at ''[[Dallas Independent School District]]'' * [http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/popup?id=2851491&content=&page=1 ABC News] gallery of Cheese seized by the Dallas ISD * Tracy Sabo. [http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/12/cheese.heroin/index.html "Deadly $2 heroin targets teens,"] CNN, June 12, 2007. <!-- What exactly does this Pine Magazine article add? -->*[http://pine-magazine.com/content.php?id=811 "New Drug Hits the Street? A 'Poor Man's Heroin' For Kids"], ''Pine Magazine'', June 12, 2007. *Dave Montgomery. [http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/18139.html "Law enforcement worries 'cheese heroin' could spread,"] McClatchy Newspapers, July 18, 2007. * [http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/heroin/heroin_article1.shtml "Cheese" Heroin] by Erowid. [[Category:Heroin]] [[Category:History of Dallas, Texas]] [[de:Cheese (Droge)]]