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Cody Duty / Houston ChronicleTommy Bryant reassures his stepdaughter, Emily Bauer during physical therapy at Memorial Herman Hospital, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, in Houston. She lost much of her eye sight and use of her arms after suffering a series of strokes in 2011 after smoking synthetic marijuana. (Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle)
Tommy Bryant reassures his stepdaughter, Emily Bauer during physical therapy at Memorial Herman Hospital, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, in Houston. She lost much of her eye sight and use of her arms after suffering a series of strokes in 2011 after smoking synthetic marijuana. (Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle)
Tommy Bryant reassures his stepdaughter, Emily Bauer during physical...therapy at Memorial Herman Hospital, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, in...Houston. She lost much of her eye sight and use of her arms after...suffering a series of strokes in 2011 after smoking synthetic...marijuana. (Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle)
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Marie D. De Jesus / Houston ChronicleChild Protective Services caseworker Christina McKinney takes one of the children she supervises home from school. The 6-year-old girl was temporarily removed from her mother's home and sent to live with her aunt while her mother rehabilitated from drug use. Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in Houston. ( Marie D. De Jesus / Houston Chronicle )
Child Protective Services caseworker Christina McKinney takes one of the children she supervises home from school. The 6-year-old girl was temporarily removed from her mother's home and sent to live with her aunt while her mother rehabilitated from drug use. Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in Houston. ( Marie D. De Jesus / Houston Chronicle )
Child Protective Services caseworker Christina McKinney takes one of...the children she supervises home from school. The 6-year-old girl was...temporarily removed from her mother's home and sent to live with her...aunt while her mother rehabilitated from drug use. Wednesday, April...15, 2015, in Houston. ( Marie D. De Jesus / Houston Chronicle )
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John Minchillo / Associated PressIn this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, photo, a high school graduation picture of Alison Shuemake, center, and her parents Fred Shuemake, left, and Dorothy McIntosh Shuemake, rests on a table at her parents' home, in Middletown, Ohio. Dorothy and Fred Shuemake are drawing attention to the deadly heroin problem by citing the drug in their daughter's obituary. Alison Shuemake, 18, died Aug. 26, after a suspected heroin overdose. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, photo, a high school graduation picture of Alison Shuemake, center, and her parents Fred Shuemake, left, and Dorothy McIntosh Shuemake, rests on a table at her parents' home, in Middletown, Ohio. Dorothy and Fred Shuemake are drawing attention to the deadly heroin problem by citing the drug in their daughter's obituary. Alison Shuemake, 18, died Aug. 26, after a suspected heroin overdose. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, photo, a high school graduation...picture of Alison Shuemake, center, and her parents Fred Shuemake,...left, and Dorothy McIntosh Shuemake, rests on a table at her parents'...home, in Middletown, Ohio. Dorothy and Fred Shuemake are drawing...attention to the deadly heroin problem by citing the drug in their...daughter's obituary. Alison Shuemake, 18, died Aug. 26, after a...suspected heroin overdose. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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John Minchillo / Associated PressIn this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, photo, Dorothy McIntosh Shuemake, mother of Alison Shuemake, holds a picture of her daughter during an interview at her home, in Middletown, Ohio. Alison Shuemake, 18, died Aug. 26, after a suspected heroin overdose, when she and her partner were found unresponsive at their home and needles were present nearby. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, photo, Dorothy McIntosh Shuemake, mother of Alison Shuemake, holds a picture of her daughter during an interview at her home, in Middletown, Ohio. Alison Shuemake, 18, died Aug. 26, after a suspected heroin overdose, when she and her partner were found unresponsive at their home and needles were present nearby. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, photo, Dorothy McIntosh Shuemake,...mother of Alison Shuemake, holds a picture of her daughter during an...interview at her home, in Middletown, Ohio. Alison Shuemake, 18, died...Aug. 26, after a suspected heroin overdose, when she and her partner...were found unresponsive at their home and needles were present nearby....(AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Karen Warren / Houston ChronicleThree packages of Kush, which is basically synthetic marijuana sold in some smoke shops and other stories in Houston and other parts of the United States, photographed, Thursday,Nov. 14, 2013, in Houston. The substance is marketed as potpourri, and contains a warning label that it is not for human consumption. But the Drug Enforcement Administration contends the substance is widely known for being smoked and is marketed to younger users looking for a new way to get high. The DEA says there are many unknowns about Kush and similar substances, including what the long-term health impact can be.( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle )
Three packages of Kush, which is basically synthetic marijuana sold in some smoke shops and other stories in Houston and other parts of the United States, photographed, Thursday,Nov. 14, 2013, in Houston. The substance is marketed as potpourri, and contains a warning label that it is not for human consumption. But the Drug Enforcement Administration contends the substance is widely known for being smoked and is marketed to younger users looking for a new way to get high. The DEA says there are many unknowns about Kush and similar substances, including what the long-term health impact can be.( Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle )
Three packages of Kush, which is basically synthetic marijuana sold in...some smoke shops and other stories in Houston and other parts of the...United States, photographed, Thursday,Nov. 14, 2013, in Houston. The...substance is marketed as potpourri, and contains a warning label that...it is not for human consumption. But the Drug Enforcement...Administration contends the substance is widely known for being smoked...and is marketed to younger users looking for a new way to get high....The DEA says there are many unknowns about Kush and similar...substances, including what the long-term health impact can be.( Karen...Warren / Houston Chronicle )
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Melissa Phillip / Houston ChronicleA packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug...Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston....Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or...aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However,...authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone...realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land...users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
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Melissa Phillip / Houston ChronicleA packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug...Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston....Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or...aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However,...authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone...realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land...users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
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Melissa Phillip / Houston ChronicleA packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug...Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston....Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or...aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However,...authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone...realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land...users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
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Melissa Phillip / Houston ChronicleA packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug...Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston....Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or...aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However,...authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone...realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land...users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
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Melissa Phillip / Houston ChronicleA packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug...Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston....Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or...aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However,...authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone...realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land...users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
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Melissa Phillip / Houston ChronicleA packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug...Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston....Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or...aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However,...authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone...realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land...users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
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Melissa Phillip / Houston ChronicleA packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug...Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston....Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or...aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However,...authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone...realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land...users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
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Melissa Phillip / Houston ChronicleA packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston. Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However, authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
A packet of so-called synthetic marijuana seized by the Drug...Enforcement Administration shown Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, in Houston....Sold in smoke shops and other stores, it is marketed as potpourri or...aromatherapy and labeled as unsafe for human consumption. However,...authorities say everyone is in on the loophole, but that not everyone...realizes the substances are dangerous, inconsistent, and can land...users in the hospital. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )
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Mark Lennihan / Associated PressSacks of money, right, worth $2 million, and 154 pounds of heroin, left, worth at least $50 million, are displayed at a Drug Enforcement Administration news conference, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in New York. The DEA called the heroin seizure its largest ever in New York state. Officials said on Tuesday that most of the drugs were found in an SUV in the Bronx following a wiretap investigation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Sacks of money, right, worth $2 million, and 154 pounds of heroin, left, worth at least $50 million, are displayed at a Drug Enforcement Administration news conference, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in New York. The DEA called the heroin seizure its largest ever in New York state. Officials said on Tuesday that most of the drugs were found in an SUV in the Bronx following a wiretap investigation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Sacks of money, right, worth $2 million, and 154 pounds of heroin,...left, worth at least $50 million, are displayed at a Drug Enforcement...Administration news conference, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in New York. The...DEA called the heroin seizure its largest ever in New York state....Officials said on Tuesday that most of the drugs were found in an SUV...in the Bronx following a wiretap investigation. (AP Photo/Mark...Lennihan)
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Mark Lennihan / Associated PressA firearm and 154 pounds of heroin worth at least $50 million are displayed at a Drug Enforcement Administration news conference, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in New York. The DEA called the heroin seizure its largest ever in New York state. Officials said on Tuesday that most of the drugs were found in an SUV in the Bronx following a wiretap investigation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A firearm and 154 pounds of heroin worth at least $50 million are displayed at a Drug Enforcement Administration news conference, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in New York. The DEA called the heroin seizure its largest ever in New York state. Officials said on Tuesday that most of the drugs were found in an SUV in the Bronx following a wiretap investigation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A firearm and 154 pounds of heroin worth at least $50 million are...displayed at a Drug Enforcement Administration news conference,...Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in New York. The DEA called the heroin seizure...its largest ever in New York state. Officials said on Tuesday that...most of the drugs were found in an SUV in the Bronx following a...wiretap investigation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Tatan Syuflana / Associated PressPolice officers stand guard evidence confiscated from drug suspects during a press conference at the regional police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. Jakarta police confiscated 115 kilograms (253 lbs.) of methamphetamine and ecstasy pills and arrested 23 suspects, including three Chinese and three Nigerians, in operations conducted from August until early September. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Police officers stand guard evidence confiscated from drug suspects during a press conference at the regional police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. Jakarta police confiscated 115 kilograms (253 lbs.) of methamphetamine and ecstasy pills and arrested 23 suspects, including three Chinese and three Nigerians, in operations conducted from August until early September. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Police officers stand guard evidence confiscated from drug suspects...during a press conference at the regional police headquarters in...Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. Jakarta police...confiscated 115 kilograms (253 lbs.) of methamphetamine and ecstasy...pills and arrested 23 suspects, including three Chinese and three...Nigerians, in operations conducted from August until early September....(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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Jim Salter / Associated PressFILE - In this Sept. 7, 2012 file, photo a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration technician holds several pounds of Mexican meth confiscated in the St. Louis area. The manufacture of methamphetamine is sharply down in certain Midwestern states that have had the most trouble with the drug over the years, but it remains as popular as ever with users due to an influx of cheap Mexican imports, according to experts. (AP Photo/Jim Salter, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2012 file, photo a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration technician holds several pounds of Mexican meth confiscated in the St. Louis area. The manufacture of methamphetamine is sharply down in certain Midwestern states that have had the most trouble with the drug over the years, but it remains as popular as ever with users due to an influx of cheap Mexican imports, according to experts. (AP Photo/Jim Salter, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2012 file, photo a U.S. Drug Enforcement...Administration technician holds several pounds of Mexican meth...confiscated in the St. Louis area. The manufacture of methamphetamine...is sharply down in certain Midwestern states that have had the most...trouble with the drug over the years, but it remains as popular as...ever with users due to an influx of cheap Mexican imports, according...to experts. (AP Photo/Jim Salter, File)
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Associated PressIn this image released by the Tijuana Municipal Police on Wednesday Jan. 21, 2015, a drone loaded with packages containing methamphetamine lies on the ground after it crashed into a supermarket parking lot in the city of Tijuana on Tuesday Jan. 20, 2015. According to police, six packets of the drug, weighing more than six pounds, were taped to the six-propeller remote-controlled aircraft. Authorities are investigating where the flight originated and who was controlling it. He said it was not the first time they had seen drones used for smuggling drugs across the border. Other innovative efforts have included catapults, ultralight aircraft and tunnels. (AP Photo/Secretaria de Seguridad Pública Municipal de Tijuana)
In this image released by the Tijuana Municipal Police on Wednesday Jan. 21, 2015, a drone loaded with packages containing methamphetamine lies on the ground after it crashed into a supermarket parking lot in the city of Tijuana on Tuesday Jan. 20, 2015. According to police, six packets of the drug, weighing more than six pounds, were taped to the six-propeller remote-controlled aircraft. Authorities are investigating where the flight originated and who was controlling it. He said it was not the first time they had seen drones used for smuggling drugs across the border. Other innovative efforts have included catapults, ultralight aircraft and tunnels. (AP Photo/Secretaria de Seguridad Pública Municipal de Tijuana)
In this image released by the Tijuana Municipal Police on Wednesday...Jan. 21, 2015, a drone loaded with packages containing methamphetamine...lies on the ground after it crashed into a supermarket parking lot in...the city of Tijuana on Tuesday Jan. 20, 2015. According to police, six...packets of the drug, weighing more than six pounds, were taped to the...six-propeller remote-controlled aircraft. Authorities are...investigating where the flight originated and who was controlling it....He said it was not the first time they had seen drones used for...smuggling drugs across the border. Other innovative efforts have...included catapults, ultralight aircraft and tunnels. (AP...Photo/Secretaria de Seguridad Pública Municipal de Tijuana)
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RODRIGO CRUZ / New York TimesFILE â€" A woman with her child on her back scratches poppy pods to extract opium crude in Xalpatlahuac, Mexico, Nov. 16, 2010. In response to a growing market north of the border, Mexico is enlisting children to harvest opium. The money is too much to ignore for most, and the terrain is more manageable for those with slighter frames. (Rodrigo Cruz/The New York Times)
FILE â€" A woman with her child on her back scratches poppy pods to extract opium crude in Xalpatlahuac, Mexico, Nov. 16, 2010. In response to a growing market north of the border, Mexico is enlisting children to harvest opium. The money is too much to ignore for most, and the terrain is more manageable for those with slighter frames. (Rodrigo Cruz/The New York Times)
FILE â€" A woman with her child on her back scratches poppy pods to...extract opium crude in Xalpatlahuac, Mexico, Nov. 16, 2010. In...response to a growing market north of the border, Mexico is enlisting...children to harvest opium. The money is too much to ignore for most,...and the terrain is more manageable for those with slighter frames....(Rodrigo Cruz/The New York Times)
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Associated PressThis April 25, 2015 photo, from the U.S. Border Patrol and introduced as evidence in U.S. District Court, shows a trolley in the Mexican side of a tunnel that Border Patrol agents said was used by Evelio Padilla. a Honduran national, to smuggle over 50 pounds of cocaine into the U.S. Padilla pleaded guilty Wednesday, Aug. 19, in federal court in San Diego to one count of possession of drugs with intent to distribute. (U.S. Border Patrol via AP)
This April 25, 2015 photo, from the U.S. Border Patrol and introduced as evidence in U.S. District Court, shows a trolley in the Mexican side of a tunnel that Border Patrol agents said was used by Evelio Padilla. a Honduran national, to smuggle over 50 pounds of cocaine into the U.S. Padilla pleaded guilty Wednesday, Aug. 19, in federal court in San Diego to one count of possession of drugs with intent to distribute. (U.S. Border Patrol via AP)
This April 25, 2015 photo, from the U.S. Border Patrol and introduced...as evidence in U.S. District Court, shows a trolley in the Mexican...side of a tunnel that Border Patrol agents said was used by Evelio...Padilla. a Honduran national, to smuggle over 50 pounds of cocaine...into the U.S. Padilla pleaded guilty Wednesday, Aug. 19, in federal...court in San Diego to one count of possession of drugs with intent to...distribute. (U.S. Border Patrol via AP)
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