Pubdate: Wed, 08 Jun 2005
Source: Bluefield Daily Telegraph (WV)
Copyright: 2005 Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Contact:  http://www.bdtonline.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1483
Author: Thomas Paine
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?136 (Methadone)

REPORTS HIGHLIGHT DRUG ISSUE IN TAZEWELL

I have read with interest how the politicians in Tazewell County have 
protested the portrayal of Tazewell County in the recent Time magazine 
article concerning drugs.

Well, I read the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and I see the number of drug 
arrests, drug indictments, when the grand jury meets, and the major 
sentences being handed drug sellers.

Not long ago, I read an article in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph on the 
methadone clinic located at Wardell and they have 700 clients! This 
methadone clinic must be quite a sight to tourists and business prospects 
as they come into Tazewell County on Route 19!

I would ask the sheriff and members of the board of Supervisors, "Where 
were you, and why didn't you work to stop the methadone clinic from coming in?"

No matter how much the politicians cry and wring their hands over the Time 
article, just remember: West Virginia's slogan is "Almost Heaven" and 
Tazewell County's must be "Almost Drug Heaven."

Thomas Paine, Cedar Bluff, Va.
- ---
MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager