The Dallas Independence School District (DISD) has found an increase incident of possession, dealing, arrests and overdose with cheese with their students. In 2007, Dallas Morning News states arrests relating to Cheese has significantly increased by 82 percent in one school year. There are two youth deaths this year, four deaths in 2008, ten deaths in 2007 and eleven deaths in 2006.
Cheese is cheap, affordable, and accessible for adolescents. It is found to cost as low as $2 per dose (10th of a gram). It is a highly addictive drug because people can not tolerate the physical withdraws symptoms. From Rehab Centers, students young as 9 years old are addicted to the drug and going through treatment.
Parent’s Guide to “Cheese” from Dallas Morning News, 2009
Be aware of symptoms of Addiction
- Sleepiness, difficulty waking up
- Disorientation
- Personality shifts, possible aggressive behavior or dropping grades
- Flu-like symptoms, nausea, vomiting and anxiety from withdrawal
For more information about Cheese, the link below will have more hyperlinks to other news report and stories about it.
Sources:
Jason Trahan and Tawnell D. Hobbs, 2009
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/DN-cheese_24met.ART0.State.Edition2.4e7bcbc.html
Dallas Morning News, 2009
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/longterm/stories/020909dnmetcheeseguide2.35a65b6e.html
Jason Trahan and Tawnell D. Hobbs, 2007
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/040807dnmetcheese.39c5f2e.html
ive heard about this at my high school; they even put a bulletin up over this drug. i don't know anyone who took it, but i heard that it gets you high pretty quickly.
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ReplyDeleteI would like to first mention that I heard about Cheese from a friend in the DFW area. I am originally from Austin, and I have never heard of this drug. Through out my research about "Cheese," to my understanding, it is a DFW “trend.” If you search up “Cheese Drug” in a search engine, the news, articles, and report will all mention Texas in them. I am guessing since Mexico is very close to Texas, that’s why Cheese is just found in Texas.
I found your blog about cheese very informative. I have heard of cheese and I am from the Dallas area, but was not familiar whith how it was made or why teenagers are using it. As a 2004 high school graduate I am not aware of cheese being around when I was in high school. It is important to know about it because of it's growing popularity.
ReplyDeleteI heard that because of this, in the DFW area, Tylenol PM is behind the counter now. For only 2 bucks a pop, no wonder kids are trying it out. What needs to be done is to get these dealers off the streets, which are probably middle or high school students. Pretty shocking how kids as young as 9 are getting ahold of these drugs and using them.
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