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Posted 2 years ago.
See this poll on: http://www.wickedlocal.com/littleton
When I look in the mirror, I am not looking at someone who voted to decriminalize marijuana. One of the reasons I feel strongly against making marijuana more accessible is due to the fact that I can recall my son who was 10 years old at the time coming home and discussing what he learned through the DARE program offered through his school in Lakewood, Ohio. To this day, I remember how impressed I was that this young boy was talking to us about how marijuana, in an of itself may not be such a harmful or deadly drug relative to heroin or something else, but that it was a "gateway" drug...and I recall him defining to us what that meant exactly.
It is this education that he received at an early age - when it was still easy to impress upon him - that I value to this day. If I could, I would have chosen 2 items in this poll...both DARE and talking more freely at home. In my home, DARE allowed for more free discussion about drugs at home...it enabled that to occur quite easily.
DARE represents prevention and to me is the most efficient way to impact the future of our children and our community. DARE involves the police but also involves the school and rather than "just" leaving it up to the police, I think DARE is a tried and true program that works and is already designed and ready to go. Simply holding a community meeting alone will not make a dent in our future. We need a program, one which will promote more open discussion at home, and one which will educate our children.
Anyone who thought legalizing weed or making it less offensivable would help correct this situation was only kidding themselves. Drugs lead to more drugs. As we contiune to become a more liberal society these things will escalate and everyone then asks why and what can we do about it. Some want to blame parents while others the schools. We have laws that continue to be undermined, judges who don't enforce what we have, and those who think everything should be legalized. The courts are like a revolving door as police put them in the courts let them out.
The politicians don't seem to care either. Occaisionally you hear them give a speech but nothing really changes. The drugs keep pouring in and the dealers are passing them out.
Ultimately the voters are to blame for voting these people who do nothing about it. Next time you ask the question look in the mirror and ask who you voted for.