DRUG ABUSERS HURT MORE THAN THEMSELVES

The Victims Of Drug Abuse Are The Families And Children.

It saddens me that legislators feel that because of prison overcrowding,
first-time drug abusers should go to treatment programs instead of prison.
Do they really think this is going to make them reform?

I'm tired of hearing it's the drugs, that's why they behave like that. This
is an excuse to escape reality. Everyone forgets who the real victims of
the drugs are - the families and the kids who are left behind. This in
itself is a crime that should put them behind bars so they have no choice
but to reform.

Did any of our lawmakers check on what the percentage rate is on drug
abusers actually staying off drugs after going through a program? Probably
not. What's a first-time offender? Is it someone who has done drugs for 10
years but finally gets caught and the case is held up in court?

Wake up! We have a major drug problem in Hawai'i, and the victims are left
behind in the cold with no hope because of our system.

Guy Chang, Kane'ohe