Pubdate: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 Source: Pensacola News Journal (FL) Copyright: 2003 The Pensacola News Journal Contact: http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1675 Author: Joe Royals Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/coke.htm (Cocaine) FOUGHT BACK WEAR-TV ran a story on Oct. 2 about the folks on Green Street who were fed up with the crack cocaine dealers in their neighborhood. I live in the same corner of Brownsville surrounded by Green Street, Mobile Highway, Citrus Street and Jackson Street. When the crack addicts and dealers moved in around my home with their accompanying trash and crime, I fought back. I watched them, identified them and called the sheriff's dispatcher every time I knew where, when and how they were making deals. Within a few weeks my block of Brownsville was crack-free. Lest anyone think I'm some crotchety old property owner, I rent an old trailer that's been my home for eight years, and I've been a hippie since 1969. I advocate the decriminalization of marijuana, but I hate crack and the damage it does to people's minds. Around here I found out quick how dumb the crack-heads are, and that makes them easy to catch if you can just keep calling with the when and where information. The Sheriff's Office responded every time I called and after awhile my block got real quiet. - Joe Royals, Pensacola - --- MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager