Fine. The Times Union supports the Correctional Association of New York's ill-advised campaign to reform the so-called "Rockefeller Drug Laws" -- hook, line and sinker. Be that as it may, I think that those who live in Arbor Hill in Albany, the East Side of Buffalo, Spanish Harlem in New York City or Hamilton Hill in Schenectady may differ with your views. The reason being a simple one: Their families and neighborhoods are under siege from drug dealers and users who destroy families and futures.

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