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WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE
Today in History
Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the
United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party,
becoming the fi rst Republican to win the presidency.
— November 6, 1860
Food 4 Thought
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we
falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we de-
stroyed ourselves.”
— Abraham Lincoln
The Month Ahead
Friday, November 6
Holiday craft bazaar sponsored by Salem Hospital Auxiliary
in Building D on Oak Street. Free parking in hospital garage.
Twenty-fi ve vendors. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 503-364-7785.
Dare to Believe! at the Historic Elsinore Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Jay Owenhouse: The Authentic Illusionist performs amazing
feats. Visit elsinoretheatre.com for tickets.
Oregon Symphony Association in Salem presents
Rachmanioff’s Rhapsody. Conductor Carlos Kalmar and
pianist Kirill Gerstein. Smith Auditorium, Willamette
University, 8 p.m. Tickets $35 to $50. orsymphonysalem.org.
Saturday, November 7
Artist reception and awards ceremony for Black, White and
Gray art show, one of the most popular exhibits of the Keizer
Art Association in the Enid Joy Mount Gallery at the Keizer
Heritage Center, 980 Chemawa Road NE. Open to the public,
free. 6-8 p.m. keizerarts.com
Willamette Master Chorus presents Veteran’s Concert, Rogers
Music Center, Willamette University. Performances are 7:30
p.m. today and 3 p.m. tomorrow, Sunday, Nov. 8. Ticket
information at www.willamettemasterchorus.org.
Sunday, November 8
Thomas Lauderdale plays Gershwin with the Salem Concert
Band, 3 p.m. at the Elsinore Theatre. Tickets range from $25 -
$35. www.elsinoretheatre.com
Monday, November 9
Golden Dragon Acrobats, 7:30 p.m. at the Elsinore Theatre.
Tickets range from $20-$35. www.elsinoretheatre.com
Tuesday, November 10
Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meeting, 6 p.m.
in council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa
Road NE.
Reports: heroin usage on
the rise, increasingly deadly
By ERIC A. HOWALD
brink of life. An overdose of
Of the Keizertimes
heroin can cause suppression
Centers for Disease Con- of breathing that can result in
trol and Prevention offi cials depriving the brain of oxygen
say usage of heroin and other - hypoxia - which can lead to
drugs have reached “epidemic” coma and possible permanent
levels.
brain damage.
In a briefi ng published in
The human body also rap-
July, researchers found that idly develops a tolerance for
heroin use more than doubled and dependency on the drug.
in adults ages 18 to 25 in the A $20-a-day habit can quickly
past deacde.
become a $100-a-day habit as
Those fi ndings coincide the user needs more and more
with trends that Keizer Police to achieve the same effects.
Det. Chris Nelson saw in a re- The high generated by hero-
cent stint as part of a Drug En- in becomes the new normal
forcement Agency task force for the user and withdrawal
looking into the problem re- symptoms can set in within 12
gionally.
hours.
“In the last fi ve to six years,
As one local user, Spencer,
the
heroin
put it, “I’ve
market
has
never had a
increased
in
drug that made
this
region.
me physically
More traffi ck-
need it. When
ers are coming
you wake up
in and setting
in the morn-
up shop,” said
ing your fi rst
Nelson. “We
thought
is,
deter imined
‘How can I get
that the heroin
a bag? How
is coming from
— Det. Chris Nelson, can I feel bet-
Nerea, Mexico.
Keizer Police Dept. ter?’ I will lay
They grow and
in bed until I
m a nu f a c t u re
fi gure some-
and bring it
thing out. I feel
into the U.S. Mexican traffi ck- like I’m going to die if I can’t
ing groups establish cells in the get it.”
different areas and distribute to
Spencer, whose name has
mid-level dealers. Those mid- been changed to protect his
level dealers are well-estab- privacy, was profi led in an
lished in this area.”
earlier segment of Keizertimes’
Nelson said the local deal- Chasing Dark series.
ers the Keizer Police Depart-
Who is at risk
ment arrests for selling heroin
Some of those most at risk
and other illicit drugs are most of heroin addiction, according
often addicts themselves.
to the CDC report, are: those
“They’re selling to support who are addicted to prescrip-
their own habits,” Nelson said. tion opiod painkillers; people
“For anyone who is mid-level who are addicted to cocaine;
or higher up the chain, selling people without insurance or
is usually just a business model, enrolled in Medicaid; non-
a way to make money.”
Hispanic whites; males; and
How it works
those addicted to marijuana
Heroin
is
synthesized and alcohol. A household in-
from morphine, which is ex- come of less than $20,000 was
tracted from the seed pod also a major factor, according
of the Asian opium poppy to the CDC report.
plant, and often appears as a
The CDC report also found
white or brown powder or a that most addicted to heroin
black, tacky substance com- used at least three other drugs,
monly know as “black tar.” It but heroin use is outpacing
is most often injected, but it most other types of narcotics
can also be smoked or snorted. according to a Drug Enforce-
After intravenous use, accord- ment Agency report released
ing to a report by the National earlier this year.
Institute on Drug Abuse, the
The types of heroin en-
drug enters the brain and tering the market recently
binds to opiod receptors that are also more pure than their
control perception of pain and predeccors as little as a decade
reward. Users most commonly ago. That could account for an
reported “a surge of euphoria increase in the number of her-
accompanied by dry mouth, oin-related deaths the CDC
a warm fl ushing of the skin, reported.
heaviness of the extremities,
In 2013, the year of the
and clouded mental function- most recent CDC data, more
ing.”
than 8,200 people in the U.S.
While those sensations are died from heroin-related over-
what the addicted are chasing, doses. That’s nearly quadruple
the drug comes with a boat- the number of deaths from the
load of risks. Opiod receptors same type of overdose as there
in the brain stem control au- were in 2002. Overdoses were
tomatic life processes like res-
piration, arousal and respira-
tion. If an addict overdoses, the
euphoria can lead them to the
“Mid-level
dealers
are well-
established in
this area.”
c hasing Dark
Chasing Dark is an ongoing series looking
at heroin and other types of drug abuse in Keizer.
Be sure to pick up next week’s paper for the next installment.
most common among men
and women aged 25 to 44.
tions for every 100 residents in
the state, according to a 2014
CDC report.
Usage on the rise
Once the prescriptions
The Midwest and North-
east led the country in inclin- dry up, those addicted turn
ing heroin usage, but Western to heroin as a cheaper, easier-
to-obtain al-
and Southern
ternative. The
regions have
drug averages
also seen steep
about $80 per
rises.
gram on the
“Metham-
West Coast
phetamine is
and specifi -
just as preva-
cally in the
lent. The two
Portland met-
major ones
ropolitan area.
we see abused
“After
are meth and
the 2010 re-
heroin,” said
for mulation
Nelson of lo-
of the com-
cal trends.
monly abused
One of the
prescrip-
more com-
tion opioid
mon paths to
OxyContin,
heroin addic-
which made it
tion in recent
— Spencer, diffi cult to in-
years has been
heroin addict hale or inject,
through in-
some people
creased pre-
who abused
scriptions of
OxyContin
painkillers. Oregon has one of
the higher levels of painkiller migrated to heroin for access
presciptions in the U.S. It’s es- to a potent injectable drug,”
timated that there are between stated the DEA report.
82 and 95 painkiller prescrip-
“I’ve never
had a drug
that makes
you physically
need it. I will
lay in bed until
I can fi gure
something
out.”
public
hearings
local
weather
Keizer City Council will
hold a hearing on Monday,
Nov. 16 to consider proposed
text amendments to sections
2.108, 2.109, 2.110, 2.112,
2.113, 2.114, 2.115, 2.119 and
2.433 of the Keizer Develop-
ment Code and to add a defi -
nition of marijuana retailer to
Section 1.200. The hearing
takes place at 7 p.m. in coun-
cil chambers at Keizer Civic
Center.
sudoku
Wednesday, November 11
Veterans Day. Government offi ces and banks closed.
Thursday, November 12
Keizer Traffi c Safety/Bikeways/Pedestrian meeting, 6 p.m. in
council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road
NE.
West Keizer Neighborhood Association meeting, 7 p.m. at
Keizer Civic Center.
Friday, November 13
Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful opens tonight at Pentacle
Theatre. The show runs through Dec. 5. Visit pentacletheatre.
org for show times and tickets.
Monday, November 16
Keizer City Council meeting, 7 p.m. in council chambers at
Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
Tuesday, November 17
Keizer Points of Interest Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m. in
council chambers at Keizer Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road
NE.
Thursday, November 19
Volunteer Coordinating Committee meeting, 6 p.m. at Keizer
Civic Center, 930 Chemawa Road NE.
Greater Gubser Neighborhood Association meeting, 7 p.m. at
Gubser Elementary School.
Saturday, November 21 – Sunday, November 22
Old Fashion Christmas, Jackman-Long Building at Oregon
State Fairgrounds. A nostalgic celebration of the holidays.
Arts, crafts, antiques, food, live entertainment Admission is
$4. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.- 5p.m.
Sunday. www.centraloregonshows.com.
Sunday, November 22
The Creation, considered Joseph Haydn’s greatest work,
will be presented by Festival Chorale Oregon, 4 p.m. at the
Historic Elsinore Theatre. Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors, $5
for students. festivalchorale.org.
looking back
in the KT
5 YEARS AGO
Voters will answer
big box question
A local ballot measure
restricting buildings more than
65,000 square feet to Keizer
Station’s Area A has qualifi ed for
a special election next year.
Enter digits
from 1-9 into
the blank
spaces. Every
row must
contain one
of each digit.
So must every
column, as
must every
3x3 square.
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10 YEARS AGO
Parking changes would
restrict trailers to 8
hours on the streets
Long-term parking for trailers
on Keizer streets would be
outlawed if revisions to a city
ordinance are approved by the
Keizer City Council.
15 YEARS AGO
Chemawa bowlers
have a blast
Chemawa
Indian
School
students were guests of the
Keizer Exchange Club and
were invited to bowl at Town
and Country Lanes.
20 YEARS AGO
Keizer youths charged
in opossum case
Seven McNary High School
students face Class C felony
charges fi led by the District
Attorney’s offi ce in connection
with the Oct. 7 killing of an
opossum.
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