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Housing Crisis, Efficient Government, Drug Abuse, Transportation and Economics, Parks and Recreation
SOUND DRUG POLICY
It is not unheard of to find discarded bottles of cough syrup and other household medications along the curbsides in neighborhoods of Ward 4 and throughout the city in areas where young people may frequently congregate. This can be a sign of the desperation of first time drug abuse in our young people. Many young people turn to drug abuse in a misguided effort to relieve distress, boredom and alienation. Drug users often start on the path to addiction abusing ordinary household products with reckless disregard for their personal health and safety, before turning to illegal substances. Long term addicts often feel overpowered by their state of drug dependance.
We need a more humane approach to drug problems.
We need drug courts which promote treatment and guidance for first time
youthful offenders, we must implement more treatment opportunities for
older drug users and we need to reduce economic despair throughout our
communities. It will take increased personal and governmental efforts
to recreate a caring society where problems can be solved before they
lead to pathology.
This will ease the burden on police and officers of our judicial system
as they work to protect our communities from individuals who, in spite
of all the benefits our society can offer, prefer to cheat the system
and see drugs and crime as an easy way to avoid responsibility for themselves
and others. I propose this wholistic approach to reduce the influence
of drugs and crime on our City.
Paid For By Marlena Edwards 2007
Calvin Lucas, Treasurer
