Pubdate: Tue, 11 Dec 2007
Source: San Diego City Beat (CA)
Copyright: 2007 San Diego City Beat
Contact:  http://www.sdcitybeat.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2764
Author: Jeff Stebbins

USERS AND DEALERS

I am a neighborhood watch block captain and one of the organizers of 
North Park's protest of smoke shops selling illegal drug 
paraphernalia ["The Front Lines," Nov. 28]. Within a one-block radius 
of a cluster of three smoke shops in North Park, our neighborhood 
watch group has witnessed with their own eyes drug use, drug deals 
and drug holdups. On many nights in this area, one can find drug 
users getting high, often hiding behind dumpsters, and drug dealers 
walking around with drug laden knapsacks. That's why we have been 
protesting these shops. We appreciate the work of the Drug Abatement 
Response Team and the city attorney to enforce the law and to protect 
our children from this criminal element.

Jeff Stebbins, North Park Neighborhood Watch
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom