Narcotics Detective Visits Criminal Law Class

Detective Evans

On November 29, Detective Evans from the Ashland Police Department spoke to Professor Rogers' CJ 362 (Criminal Law) class about his professional background and on the topics of drug abuse and drug investigations.  Detective Evans, who is in charge of drug investigations for the police department, spoke about the devastating effects of heroin addiction on the user, their family and the community.  Det. Evans showed the class two video-recorded drug buys. Additionally, using photos, he discussed a child abuse case in which a drug addict was the abuser.

Det. Evans shared a number of startling facts including:

•  In 2014, Ohio recorded the 2nd highest number of drug overdose deaths nationwide. 
• Some addicts use $200.00 worth of heroin daily just to "get normal", as they try to avoid the horribly uncomfortable physical withdrawal from heroin, symptoms of which can last 3-7 days.  
• The high that a heroin addict gets from the controlled substance lasts just 4-6 hours.  
• Most of the heroin users eventually resort to injection as a way to get high and do not return to other manners of ingesting the drug.
• Nearly 60% of heroin users were introduced to heroin by a close or causal friend.

Thank you, Detective Evans, for sharing your time and expertise with Professor Rogers' class!

Heroin affects people all across all different socioeconomic lines, genders and races.  Click here for addiction resources from Ashland County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.