Lol! long_lost_, I believe you were being sarcastic in your post about Los Angeles but if you weren't I don't think you have anything to worry about. I'll be honest here, I'm not like the most street smart person in the world or anything (I'm not a country bumpkin or anything like that either) but every time I've visited my relatives in L.A. I've had no troubles in terms of safety or anything like that. Granted we were never in South Central or Compton or Watts or any of those places (not that there's anything wrong with any of those place in and of themselves but I don't think I would want to stop for coffee or relax at a bar and have a couple of pops) but still, as long as you take some very minor precautions (the kind you would take in any big city in the world) you should be fine. As you must know L.A. is one of the most famous cities in the world and there are many places and people to do so it would be pretty foolish if you keep yourself from ever visiting due to some (imo. at least) irrational, media generated, mythical, fear of getting physically assaulted or worse in the city. If you're gonna get mugged you could get mugged in Brandon, Manitoba or Helena Montana or L.A. or Toronto or wherever. Go see L.A., you won't be disappointed, oh, unless you have to pay for a lot of meals and/or drinks, then yeah, you will be disappointed...

As for the heroin...Wel I stick to distributing cocaine, marijuana and hash. They're much easier to distribute and when you take into account manufacturing/refining and many other factors, much more profitable..