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Drug cartels reach into valley

August 14, 2011

Article By NATALEE SEELY (nseely@newsandsentinel.com) , Parkersburg News and Sentinel talks about Mexican Drug Cartel ties and activities throughout parts of small town America, such as Parkersburg, Ohio.

The piece highlighted the following items of interest:

• Cartels operating in small rural town often develop working business relationships with local dealers.
• Cartel affiliated groups provide for the needs of their ‘employees’, such as basic necessities e.g. food, clothing transportation and legal aid.
• Drug distributors come to this small-town Ohio area from larger cities like Columbus, Detroit and Chicago to do business.  They tend to be attracted to local strip bars and nightclubs.  Additionally, a large marijuana field was discovered with an estimated value of one-million dollars.
• The local drug activity resulted in “large number of people” with drug addiction.

The so-what to consider here is with the bad US economy, illegal drug distribution and use may increase in small down communities which can contribute to long-term break downs of families and societies.  

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