Pubdate: Tue, 20 Jan 2015
Source: Albuquerque Journal (NM)
Copyright: 2015 Albuquerque Journal
Contact:  http://www.abqjournal.com/
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Author: Robert J. Cohen

BIGGER FISH TO FRY THAN $60 METH DEALS

SUCH A WASTE, to risk the life of one of our finest to accomplish 
what any high school student can do - purchase $60 of meth in a 
parking lot. Shouldn't we allocate our resources in more meaningful pursuits?

Even if we had succeeded in busting a street level addict/dealer 
without injury to an officer, what would we have actually done? We 
would saddle our legal system with tens of thousands of dollars in 
expenses trying him, we might pay his room and board in jail for 
years, and does anybody think that would prevent even one other 
addict from buying $60 of meth from a different dealer that very 
night? Let's treat our police with more respect.

ROBERT J. COHEN

Albuquerque
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