COSTS OF THE DRUG TRADE

It is intriguing how lawyers and family members come to the aid of
violent criminals despite their previous displays of disregarding
human life. It appears that Angilo Freeland's family and their lawyer
should be investigating the lives and families of the victims of his
drug trade and their subsequent demise.

Drug addiction is responsible for multiple deaths, widespread family
abuse, residual child abuse, diseases such as hepatitis, HIV and AIDS
and, last but not least, violent crimes. This nation has been
suffering too long at the hand of violent criminals and their
disregard for others.

Where were his family members when he was dealing his drugs and
accumulating his arsenal of weapons? Why didn't they get assistance
to prevent him from becoming so callous and evil as to shoot and kill
a law enforcement officer merely because of a routine traffic stop?

Emily P. Tilley