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The
selling of illegal drugs on our streets has become the source of income for
groups of people who threaten the safety and well-being of many
neighborhoods. These people are not only a threat to public
safety, they also make illegal drugs readily available to
neighborhood children and others vulnerable to addiction who live with and
near them. The investment in prisons and police enforcement of drug
laws is not solving the problem.
We need to remove some of the profit of selling illegal drugs
on our streets and lower the open availability of illegal drugs by working
with the federal and state governments to stop the sale of drugs in our
neighborhoods. We should consider providing these drugs free in a
clinical/medical setting with treatment for those who have become
addicted. We must continue to identify and help those who have become
addicted.
We need to increase the effort to educate our children and
other residents about the hazards of using mind altering drugs, alcohol and
tobacco.
We need to put a higher priority on youth programs, employment
for youth, and the involvement of responsible adults with the youth in
educational and productive activity.
An e-mail response opportunity is below
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