DRUGS ON KAUA'I

Our series of articles focusing on "ice" and other illicit drugs used and
sold on Kaua'i is drawing the interest of the public. Yesterday our lead
story on a school presentation on how parents can combat the drug plague
drew a good number of callers to discuss the issue on local radio. At
Princeville last night an anti-drug talk was the center of attraction,
according to an early report.

This issue needs to become of primary concern across the Island. It is a
problem that will hit everyone of us in one way or another. If not
personally through a robbery or drug problem of a family member or friend,
it will hit your pocketbook through the millions in tax dollars needed to
pay for services for the criminals sent to prison for drug-related crimes,
for the rehabilitation of drug addicts, and for foster care and other social
services related to those left behind in the wake of drug abuse.

Watch for a report on the Princeville meeting where drug use on the North
Shore was discussed in Friday's issue of The Garden Island.