Pubdate: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 Source: Montgomery Advertiser (AL) Copyright: 2004sThe Advertiser Co. Contact: http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1088 Author: Rosemary Reeves BUILD A CAMP FOR DRUG ABUSERS Our prison system is overcrowded and the drug problem has contributed greatly to this. Why can't the state build a camp or a prison to accommodate drug users convicted of nonviolent crimes? Our laws should be very strict for drug dealers. They are the same as murderers. If the laws were strict enough it would stop a lot of them. They destroy young lives for money. They destroy families. Our society becomes decadent. Anything goes for a hit. Don't get in their way or you might get hurt or killed. Families don't know how to handle the problem. There is no real help for drug addicts except prison. As soon as drug users are out of prison they are under great pressure to pay restitution (which they should). Why not let them pay while they are in prison by letting them deal with public life while incarcerated? The system can strengthen them day by day. We need to focus on a solution before society destroys itself. It will take all of us to overcome this destructive problem. Rosemary Reeves Montgomery - --- MAP posted-by: Josh