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out of money. In Waukesha, "people take their kids to the doctor," McElderry said. "We are an overprescribed society." We raised our kids on Adderall and Flintstones vitamins, and filled our cabi- nets with opioid pills for knees and backs prescribed by family docs, and then act surprised they don't think pills are bad. During Nancy Reagan's "just say no" era, messages were clear: Drugs that weren't alcohol were bad. 'Perfect storm' Why would pill users switch to heroin? It's half as expensive and easier to get. Doctors stop writing prescriptions; par- ents finally lock down the pill supply. Pill withdrawal is so horrible that driving to Milwaukee's north side to stick a needle in your arm becomes the better option. It makes cops' jobs tougher when deal- ers are bottles prescribed to parents and grandparents legally (by dentists too). Jack Riley, who runs the DEA's Chicago's office, said they stopped the methampheta- mine threat here by restricting precursor drugs. In this case, the precursor drugs are legal pills, often prescribed to people who really need them. You don't find many pill dealers on street corners; bad docs also aren't the biggest problem, although there are some. "The market came to the people. There's wealth here. It was the perfect stor m," said Sheriff's Inspector Eric Severson, who ran Waukesha's Metro Drug Unit until 2006. Linda Lenz lives in an affluent, cookie- cutter Muskego subdivision — grassy backyard with barking dog, son Tony Pyszczynski's senior picture on the man- tle. Lenz talked to Tony about pot and ciga- rettes. She drew up a "contract" so he wouldn't drink and drive. But the ground had shifted. Tony, a football player, first took pills at high school parties, like a kid in the '80s might a glass of beer. He studied Buddhism and Chinese and liked to watch "Antiques Roadshow." He made her artwork, and it's good. He filled notebooks with agony. "One bad decision can lead to this," says Manthy. He switched to heroin because he could- n't afford pills. He was found shoeless in a Waukesha street. He went to Rogers. Tony started bodybuilding as if to muscle the monster out. In a last selfie, he doesn't look much like that high school kid. He died in a Milwaukee parking lot of a heroin overdose last year, just 23. His mother still has his last text; "I know. Love u too." She was at Mayfair when an officer showed up with Tony's phone. Lenz is passionate and mobilized. Officials all know her. It's hard to know whether Muskego has a bigger problem or just has Lenz to highlight it (Waukesha records the most overdose deaths, followed by Menomonee Falls). She videotapes sur- vivors and runs a group, Stop Heroin Now. "There are 20 houses with addicts in the four-mile radius around my house, at least," she says. "Every heroin addict I know started with pills. Every one of them." But why are there so many pills now? The answer might surprise you. 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