Two Women Indicted On Drug Charges

Captain Ed February 15, 2013 at 05:16 pm

Way Too many druggies. Keep putting them in jail and getting them help I guess.

Robert Yates February 15, 2013 at 05:49 pm

Captain, I agree with you on a lot of things but locking them up does nothing to help the situation. All is does is create an excuse to spend more public money on officers, courts, judges, jails and guards. What someone does in the confines of their own house (as long as they are not hurting other people) is none of your business and its none of my business and it is certainly none of the government's business. Jailing addicts is a failed solution and a waste of money. If you want to hep drug addicts, get to know them and try to impart some of the wisdom you have gained over the years. Chucking them in jail is the precise reason that the US has the highest absolute and per capita incarceration rate in the world. So much for the sweet land of liberty!

Captain Ed February 15, 2013 at 06:19 pm

The article doesnt say anything about them smoking pot at home in front of the tv. If sure Im not sure anyone would care. It only mentions hard drugs and possession. Im assuming they were NOT at home.
Although I am hugely conservative and am not real big on govt intrusion in our lives I do not think hard drugs are not a problem or should be legal in any way. In fact they are the ROOT of most crimes and felonies against people. When people are out of their mind they do crazy shit. Nut jobs included. We already have enough of a problem with mentally ill people. We dont need people making themselves that way. And yes, I see your point about jails. But I dont know the solution for that. I know it aint to let hard drugs be legal or give them a pass. Yes, we can try and help them more too.

Robert Yates February 15, 2013 at 07:05 pm

The flaw in your argument is that their illegality does not work. We should do the same things with drugs that we have done with alcohol. There is no substantive difference in terms of their harmful affects and both are the root of other bad things. We realized that it was foolish, a waste of money and the cause of Al Capone, to ban alcohol and we should do the same with drugs. Repealing the Volstead Acts was the one good thing that FDR accomplished during his presidency; maybe BHO can follow in his shoes.

forthrpeoplebythepeoplescrewthepeople February 15, 2013 at 09:40 pm

Keep putting them in jail, lol, then complain about the high taxes. Put those druggies right in there with the fathers who are not on drugs that can't pay their child support. Wooohooo we all solved the drug problem.

Forked River Piney February 15, 2013 at 09:48 pm

yeah Great answer wonder if youd feel the same way if one of these Junkies took out you or your entire family that is if you have any that would admit it

Forked River Piney February 15, 2013 at 09:49 pm

capt my hope is that you didn't file a fema claim

Forked River Piney February 15, 2013 at 09:52 pm

Whos paying for rehab?
yeah just what this town needs more a holes on H driving around and robbing homes

Forked River Piney February 15, 2013 at 09:55 pm

Whats wrong with throwing them in Jail?
That's what the law says I for one would rather pay for them to be in jail then paying for a funeral because some junky thinks its his or her constitutional right to drive around wasted

wharfrat February 16, 2013 at 01:25 am

All these people in prison for possession with mandatory minimums are the reason that violent criminals are being paroled. There is no room for all the inmates unless you want to pay to build more prisons and staff them.

tr February 16, 2013 at 02:53 am

Put them in the village stocks every weekend in front of townhall for all to see from sun up to sundown all year long. Food and water can be supplied to them by anyone who wants to help them while they are on display during this public humiliation event. Or, just plaster their pictures all over town for all to see, including where they live and who they are related to. Jail is not necessary. Believe me, do these things and they will look for another village. Ha! Ha! Old school methods, nasty, but, they work, being nice does not. Notice, I did not go so far as to ask for public executions, such as Saturday afternoon hangings at the High School football stadium. The Township would make a lot of money selling tickets for that!!!! Seriously, though, hitting bottom and the fear of inpending death are the only two things that convince an addict that sobriety is the only alternative. Hopefully, the choice of life wins over slow death or the cowards end of suicide.

JAKE 2 February 22, 2013 at 01:50 am

ALL COMMENTS, very interesting ! very very interesting... i agree with Robert Yates......if jail worked then why do they keep coming back !!! jail does not help the drug addict.....and alot of these addicts are young adults....still having immature brains doesnt help their addiction either.... jail is not the answer, plus they are so overcrowded they cant hold them long enough to impress them.....