Idaho is now more a drug ‘distributorship’ than a ‘depository,’ says Canyon County sheriff

CALDWELL, Idaho (CBS2) — Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue says, over the years the dynamics of drugs in Idaho has shifted. What was once, what he called a “depository” has now become more of a “distributorship.” Making Idaho less of a final stop for drugs but a stop along the way to a wider network of trafficking.

The drugs seen the most throughout the state, according to Donahue, are methamphetamine and fentanyl. With a possible “uptick” in heroin use. Regardless of the drug though, the source is widespread.

“All these drugs come across the borders. All these drugs either come in from the coastal regions, across the southern border, across the northern border,” Donahue said in an interview…

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