Pot times July 17, 2005
Resident Has A Bad Perspective On Drugs
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1124/a02.htmlNewshawk: chip
Webpage: http://www.herald-dispatch.com/2005/July/06/OPlist1.htm RESIDENT HAS A BAD PERSPECTIVE ON DRUGS
Pubdate: Sat, 16 Jul 2005
Source: Herald-Dispatch, The (Huntington, WV)
Copyright: 2005 The Herald-Dispatch
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Author: Mark Hicks
Recently in The Herald-Dispatch, there was a story on the awareness meeting held
on behalf of the drug and violence problems in our area and there were a few
small pictures of various individuals with a small quote from each one of them.
One of the quotes from a gentleman was, "Why would someone work at
McDonald's for minimum wage when he can deal drugs and make $3,000 a
weekend?" Well, if that's the perspective people are going to use, I guess
we're all in a lot of trouble.
As far as that goes, why would someone want to be a teacher, a police officer, a
plumber, roofer or anything else? I myself will not put people who work for an
honest living anywhere below drug dealers. Furthermore, at least
restaurant workers don't have to worry about getting their door kicked in at
night by law enforcement or rival drug dealers waving firearms.
It just seems like a very dangerous perspective. What happened to the old
"deal drugs, get caught, and go to jail"'?
Mark Hicks
Huntington
