Pubdate: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 Source: Olympian, The (WA) Copyright: 2003, The Olympian Contact: http://www.theolympian.com/forms/lettrfrm.shtml Website: http://www.theolympian.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/319 Author: Ruth L. Windham Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis) POLICE SHOULD CRACK DOWN ON DRUG DEALING IN PARK I have lived 10 blocks away from Bigelow Park my entire life. It's no secret that people meet there to sell and buy pot. Actually, it's said to be the best place to go because no one seems to care and they know they won't get caught. And I am willing to bet that even now, after a kind and peaceful man has been killed there, it will still be widely used to traffic the drug. It is sickening to know what has become of the park. I used to play there as a small child. As I got older, I would go in the summers, late at night, to sit on the swings with my friends. I, or anyone else, could have been there that night and witnessed a murder. Our police need to crack down on drug dealers of all kinds, and the parents in our community need to talk to their kids about drugs, especially marijuana. You might think "not my kid," but the ones who seem least likely to do it already are. Ruth L. Windham, Olympia - --- MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager