Pubdate: Sun, 28 May 2000
Source: Chicago Sun-Times (IL)
Copyright: 2000 The Sun-Times Co.
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Authors: Brian Hardman
Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n678/a08.html
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n688/a01.html
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n707/a08.html
Bookmark: additional articles on Ecstasy may be found at 
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WHY IS IT NEWS?

I am a 21-year-old black male, a senior in college.

I find it utterly ridiculous that a young white woman overdosed on what she 
thought was X, and a "drug alert" was issued.

Seventy percent of the people I grew up with are either dead or in jail 
because of selling or using drugs.

My neighborhood is filled with crackheads and junkies. When someone black 
overdoses, it's not news. When drugs affect rich white folk, it's a 
national emergency.

Brian Hardman, Morgan Park
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