DRUG STORY GAVE KIDS TOO MUCH INFORMATION

I have to comment on what I thought was irresponsible reporting on the Dec.
3 article headlined "How teens score heroin for $10 a bag." I know and
appreciate reporters gaining all the information possible to properly
report on an issue, but at some point a judgment call must be made.

After reading the article, I learned how much illegal drugs cost, where to
go to find them (even what train to take to get there), what code words to
listen for, "Rocks, blows, weed." I even learned that I can get them 24
hours a day!

I do not think we should bury our head in the sand and hide from the issue,
because this goes on as most everyone knows. But to print so many details
is not a necessity. To most drug-free, law-abiding people, such knowledge
of accessibility would not be a problem. However, for the curious person
who may be on the fence about drug experimentation, this might give them
the shove to just hop on the CTA Green line and do a little business.

I have never used drugs, and I have spent my entire life not even knowing
how to get them, until now. Please be more careful in the future. We don't
need to give the kids unnecessary information.

Donald Zasadny

Prospect Heights