I think that there were probably more folks from out of the area coming in and bringing the drug trade with them.

You can see what the drug trade has done to this area.

We really don't have money in a rural county like this.

When people enter treatment, they are asked to identify the drug that has caused them to enter treatment. Alcohol has been losing ground for the past seven years. Heroin and other opiates have increased to a startling 24 percent (of those who enter treatment in Venango County).