Pubdate: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 Source: Hope Standard (CN BC) Copyright: 2005 Hope Standard Contact: http://www.hopestandard.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1397 Author: Anna Maguire TIME TO SPEAK UP Editor; The Standard A letter to your sister paper the Agassiz Observer has proven to me that we're not all cowards. Re: drug pushers and users. This concerned citizen is absolutely right, and is not afraid to speak up. It may take mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers that know exactly what's going on, that care enough to do something positive about stopping the maiming and killing of the next generation! The statement by the writer states in five to ten years there will be a generation of youth made unemployable through drug use. My observation is, that children born of both parents on pot in many cases need special schooling, they are dull and timid. I, as an elder, know the drugs are all around us in most communities and most members are afraid to say and do anything about it. And that gives the criminal free rein. And the law that patrol the larger reserves, I feel is a waste of taxpayers money. Why do I say this? Very simple answer is, when the law man or woman know, if they know, of drug dealings, they look the other way, because of threats to their relatives. How do I know this? I attended a meeting where a police person was present and this was said. The youth should be shown periodically what crystal meth does to ones body. The face teeth and skin appears to rot away. Drug pushers do not care about children, all they care about is money. When people do terrible things deliberately, its their family that, in most cases pay the consequences with their health or injury. Anna Maguire, Concerned member - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom