Pubdate: Fri, 25 Jul 2003
Source: Brooks Bulletin, The (CN AB)
Copyright: 2003 The Brooks Bulletin.
Contact:  http://www.brooksbulletin.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2917
Author: Name Withheld

DRUG DEALERS GIVE OUR KIDS DEATH SENTENCES

Editor, The Bulletin;

What a shame our young children, our future generation, are ruining their 
brains, their health, their families, and their lives because of drugs. 
With the legal system handing out such minor fines and jail terms, these 
drug traffickers might as well laugh in the court's face.

These drug traffickers are killing our kids and our judges should look at 
it this way, and give the dealers and growers fines and jail terms accordingly.

The dealers are giving our kid's death sentences and the judges should give 
the dealers the same. The dealers are knowingly selling the drug of choice, 
knowing the drug user could die or become mentally or physically ill.

We need stricter and harsher sentences - a sentence that will make these 
horrible, unscrupulous people think about what they are doing if that is at 
all possible.

We should also not allow our local or any stores to sell drug 
paraphernalia, but unfortunately they do.

The article in July 8th Brooks Bulletin, "addiction takes our lives, 
destroys families: AADAC Counsellor, by Ann Harvey was a very disturbing 
article. Not only did the first paragraph tell of its availability to 
Brooks (it should have read found in Brooks, not available), tells how to 
use it, and even shows a picture of a girl demonstrating how to use crystal 
methamphetamine, the article goes on to tell how much cheaper it is than 
some other drugs and how women use it for appetite supressants, and of the 
great high they get; and of the many other reasons for using.

Also this article tells how to get the drug with or without money.

This article explained more of the pros and very few of the cons. The 
feeling of advertising to use this drug was more evident than the feeling 
of staying away from this or any drug.

The drug problem whether it is crystal meth, marijuana, heroin, cocaine or 
whatever, are all serious addictions.

Brooks is very overrun with drugs and it's time to clean it up.

The only way to fight back, to keep these drugs out of our communities is 
for parents, concerned citizens, police enforcements and our legal system 
to fight back, begin crime watches and report any and all suspicious 
activities - do whatever it takes to bring these pushers, dealers, growers 
down.

We should bust them all, from the little dealers to the growers, give them 
hefty fines and long jail terms or better yet let the parents of a drug 
addicted child punish them. Justice needs to be done.

Let's change things - write your M.L.A., your premier, your prime minister. 
Write to whoever you can and change the way the drug dealers are treated, 
with a stricter hand of the law, not a slap on the wrist.

NAME WITHHELD

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