Posted 3/14/2009 02:39:00 PM by Douglas

Mmmmm, black tar heroin. The richest kind!

League City Police Sgt. John Jordan said the suspects — a 17-year-old male high school student and 18-year-old female student at San Jacinto College South Campus — were each charged with possession of a controlled substance. Jordan declined to release their names to prevent the police department’s investigation from being compromised. The 17-year-old suspect was taken to the Galveston County Jail in Galveston and the other suspect remained in police custody Friday afternoon.

The drug the two are suspected of using is liquid heroin. The drug is gaining popularity among some area high school students, authorities said.

The drug is mixed with water and then either swallowed or snorted, Jordan said. It is a brownish color and has a pungent odor.

The liquid heroin is often kept in Visine bottles or in small brown glass bottles that are an inch tall, about the width of a marker, and contain an eyedropper, Jordan said.

I personally can sleep better at night knowing there are men and women of local and state law enforcement diligently working to keep 18 year old adults from drinking a Coors Light six-pack. Meanwhile, these same high school girls are snorting horse out of Visine bottles.