Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Mar 09 2007
Do legislators really want to help us be safer from crime?
I thought that putting the cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine behind the counter at pharmacies was supposed to help the growing methamphetamine situation. I don't think we've gotten the desired results, judging from the statistics in an article on Watsonville crime for the year 2006. And while you and I continue to obediently stand in line to sign for our little box of sniffle rememdy, back in my old home state of Missouri the CEO of of wholesaler Handi-Rak has been sentenced to a 20-year prison sentence for selling those same types of cold medicines in bulk to meth makers. I wonder if anyone will ever figure out that the people who want to get drugs or guns for crime will find a way to get theirs while law abiding citizens are pressured to put up with inconvenience, discomfort and even danger in some instances, all with the help of legislators who insist they are restricting our access to such items for our protection. Not only do we not feel any safer, but we watch as criminals grow in numbers and strength, in some cases running their deadly business from inside prison walls.
posted at: 12:07 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
I thought that putting the cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine behind the counter at pharmacies was supposed to help the growing methamphetamine situation. I don't think we've gotten the desired results, judging from the statistics in an article on Watsonville crime for the year 2006. And while you and I continue to obediently stand in line to sign for our little box of sniffle rememdy, back in my old home state of Missouri the CEO of of wholesaler Handi-Rak has been sentenced to a 20-year prison sentence for selling those same types of cold medicines in bulk to meth makers. I wonder if anyone will ever figure out that the people who want to get drugs or guns for crime will find a way to get theirs while law abiding citizens are pressured to put up with inconvenience, discomfort and even danger in some instances, all with the help of legislators who insist they are restricting our access to such items for our protection. Not only do we not feel any safer, but we watch as criminals grow in numbers and strength, in some cases running their deadly business from inside prison walls.
posted at: 12:07 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
