There it was, part of the evening news: Almost 1,000 people a week die from various drug overdoses in the U.S.
Recently we learn of the fact that we as a nation will be spending over $1 billion in the next two years on folks with drug addictions. This in an atmosphere where 1 in 9 people in New Hampshire do not know where their next meal is coming from.
For this citizen, “drug court” has a totally different meaning. For the average reader it will mean, “How to help those with addictions,” but for me it’s a totally different deal. This is dealing with the problem after the fact.
Drug court for me is the room in which drug dealers pause to get a fair hearing. Upon a guilty verdict they are taken out back and executed, gone. If you truly want the drug crisis to go away, we must start dealing with it in a totally different, clear manner.
Denis J. O’Connell Sr.
Concord