Heorin a huge problem where I come from

http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2012-02-23/news/31093668_1_heroin-overdose-heroin-death-laporte-circuit-court
I am from LaPorte Indiana which is located in Northwest Indiana by Lake Michigan. For the past few years heroin has becoming a bigger and bigger problem in the community. Just alone in the last year there have been two individuals, that I know of, who have died due to a drug overdose. Their choice of drug, heroin. The most recently one was earlier this week and the other a few weeks before graduation. Also in October of last year, a man killed another man just to obtain the heroin. Besides these three incidents there have been much more overdoses then just the high school individuals, and it is now a larger problem then unemployment in LaPorte. Finally, turns out most of the overdoses are not due to overuse but these people buy it from dealers from Chicago, and the dealers are lacing the drug with rat poison. I knew one of the high school students really well and it is a very weird feeling to know that someone who interacted with everyday at school is now gone forever, and the only thing harder than having that feeling is getting on Facebook and seeing other friend just break down about what has taken place. People are pleading on Facebook for everyone to stop using heroin and praying the drug dealers just stop.
This is exactly one of the reasons why after college I want to pursue a job at South Bend Police Department and then reach my ultimate goal of having a career in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). I am tired of hearing about my hometown being a terrible place to live, and its time for a major change in LaPorte and I want to be a part of that change.