Pubdate: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 Source: Wisconsin State Journal (WI) Copyright: 2008 Madison Newspapers, Inc. Contact: http://www.madison.com/wsj/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/506 Author: Joe Usher Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08.n1005.a03.html CHARGES IN DRUG DEAL DEATH DEFY REASON Charging drug dealers with reckless homicide (beyond drug dealing charges) is a strange concept. It's just another example of the haphazard approach of the "justice" system. Assuming the customers who would "line up at noon" to buy drugs from Ian Kies at an East Side tavern were consenting adults (a whole different issue), why is he more responsible for an overdose than the customers who actually consumed the drugs? Because in our blame game society, those people are dead, so who is left to pin it on? This brings into question why gun dealers and bar owners or bartenders are not targeted more when someone dies from these things. I say follow the money. It's because there is no drug dealer lobby (yet). Joe Usher Middleton - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin