Pubdate: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 Source: Maui News, The (HI) Contact: 2003 The Maui News Website: http://www.mauinews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2259 Author: Ray Pezzoli Jr. Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1505/a03.html Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine) Note: To read about the "ice epidemic" in Hawaii, go to http://www.mapinc.org/areas/Hawaii . COURTS MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR DRUG-LAW BREAKDOWN My response to apparent police apathy toward ice/drug involvement (The Maui News, Oct. 2): Why should they become involved with that hazardous effort when our soft courts will merely scold, then slap these crooks and freaks on the hand before allowing them back into society to continue their trip down the dead-end road? Ray Pezzoli Jr. Kihei - --- MAP posted-by: Doc-Hawk