Pubdate: Thu, 31 Mar 2011
Source: Morning Call (Allentown, PA)
Copyright: 2011 The Morning Call Inc.
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Author: Dick Nepon

SPEND DRUG-WAR MONEY ON JOB CREATION INSTEAD

As in many other areas, the government needs to look at these designer
drugs as a problem that cannot be solved by threat of jail time. For
one thing, the current generation has a different perception of jail.
It has become an accepted and even expected part of growing up. For
another, in this time of unemployment, we have to expect that people
will continue to use ingenuity to solve their fiscal crisis.
Government will never keep up with the manufacturers, no more than our
"war on drugs" has cured the past situation.

The only method that will have a chance is education and changing the
public perception of what drug use is all about. We actually use many
drugs daily to improve our life and health. These designer drugs that
mimic other illegal drugs are merely another way to medicate to escape
the daily drudgery of life for many folks. No work, no money, no life.
If we can solve those issues, there will be no market for the drugs.
The money that we spend on drug enforcement should be redirected to
job creation that adds to the economy.

Dick Nepon

Allentown 
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