Monday, September 21, 2009
Fighting the cartels from Eugene, Ore.
Mexican drug cartels don't stop in San Diego.
Oregon is fighting drug crimes with a $1.5 million federal grant, which will add two new investigators and a new analyst to work with local police and district attorneys in a multiagency Drug Crimes Strike Force.
I responded to an article about this issue in the Register Guard.
To the Editor:
The new $1.5 million federal grant to fight drug cartels in Oregon is a catalyst for stopping a crippling foe for addicts: access to methamphetamine. But the Department of Justice hasn’t explained its intentions for rehabilitating drug users. Investigating crimes is a step, but if cartels are the problem their deep bases won’t stop serious users.
The higher demand for meth could exhaust local police unless there is some attention to identifying and rehabilitating current users.
Courtney Hibbard, Eugene
Sources: Grant aimed at drug cartels
Oregon is fighting drug crimes with a $1.5 million federal grant, which will add two new investigators and a new analyst to work with local police and district attorneys in a multiagency Drug Crimes Strike Force.
I responded to an article about this issue in the Register Guard.
To the Editor:
The new $1.5 million federal grant to fight drug cartels in Oregon is a catalyst for stopping a crippling foe for addicts: access to methamphetamine. But the Department of Justice hasn’t explained its intentions for rehabilitating drug users. Investigating crimes is a step, but if cartels are the problem their deep bases won’t stop serious users.
The higher demand for meth could exhaust local police unless there is some attention to identifying and rehabilitating current users.
Courtney Hibbard, Eugene
Sources: Grant aimed at drug cartels
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