Wed, Mar 21 2007

Cocaine drain

I just heard about the recent seizure of almost 43,000 pounds of cocaine by the DEA and U.S. Coast Guard, in cooperation with the government of Panama. I know they're rightly proud of their work. What concerns me is that the smaller amount of cocaine temporarily out there will cost more and that those who are determined to sell and/or use cocaine will now be even more desperate to get the stuff and will take more drastic measures than usual. I fully expect to see drug-related crime go up in the next few weeks. It's a sad little system, but I suppose it will go on indefinitely. So many humans seek a quick chemical high over all other things in life. And so many others are happy to sell it to them. The dollar amount of the drugs seized is impressive. But sometimes I think we would be really discouraged and really angry if we could count up the actual cost in terms of lives lost and children abandoned (or orphaned).

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