SUPPORT REGISTRATION FOR DRUG OFFENDERS

Isn't it nice to see Kentucky potentially be the vanguard of a
national movement instead of its hind end? Right now, Kansas is the
only state in the U.S. (that I am aware of at least) that has
established a system of registration for convicted dope dealers and
manufacturers. Kentucky could join Kansas if House Bill 96, sponsored
by Rep. Rick Nelson, D-Middlesboro, passes this year's General Assembly.

Kentucky has had a sex offender registration system for years now,
but am I alone in seeing in the papers many more arrests for meth
labs and crack pushers than for rapists and pedophiles? Surely no
Kentucky family has not been touched by the harm of illegal drugs and
those who make and sell them. I urge all the mothers out there to
call their legislators and ask them to support this important bill to
keep the eye of the law on those who have endangered the public
safety and health.

CAROL BROWN

Louisville