TOO LENIENT ON DRUGS

Editor:

We all have been told how prevalent the drug culture is in
our community.

Like so many, though, I still held the position that I was doing my
best to avoid personal contact with that world - that is, until I
heard Keith Thompson eloquently speak of the tragedy around his
daughter Blaire's life and demise with drugs.

He and his wife have chosen to support DAMMADD org, self-explanatory,
as a way to rally us into action to fight this evil in our world.

We can't personally go after every despot and bad leader of every
county in the world.

We can't personally make every CEO accountable and morally responsible
to his employees and shareholders. But we can say no to drugs in our
community.

We can say no to the proliferation of distributors, pushers and
dealers who feel drugs are their only means of vocation.

We can say no to the availability of these same scum to our children,
in every nook and cranny of our community.

We can say no to our court system and the easy probations each of
these dealers get permitting them back on the streets within hours of
sentencing.

I'm mad that we, as a society, have lost our backbone.

What are we waiting for?

Linda Glass-Quinonez

Wilmington