union leader covers local drug raid

[Dave Ridley]

http://unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Inside+a+drug+raid+with+the+Manchester+police&articleId=3990e847-02ba-45d2-8668-1ea31a973516


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How much of a "drug problem" did we have in 1904 when you could legally drink cocaine and lawfully send your kids to pick up your heroin prescription from the drug store?  People did those things on a massive scale in those days, yet addiction levels were no different from now...non-alcohol drug violence nearly unheard of.

Governments are the arsonists and firemen when it comes to this issue. Govt  crackdowns raise the price of drugs; that makes drugs more lucrative to sell; that creates more drug dealers and gives them a motive to become *pushers.*   That makes average users more likely to break into your house or exchange gunfire in order to obtain more of these substances that the *government* has made almost as precious as gold.

And speaking of gold, how much of your money have authorities taken to underwrite these expensive and dangerous forays through peoples' front doors?   Do you think they are putting that money to better use than you would if you still had it?

[J’raxis 270145]

See, this is what I'm talking about...

[Tom Sawyer]

Very well said Dada.   

[KBCraig]

Mara, who seems to have had his sense of irony surgically removed, said:

"Tonight a (SWAT) team of men in black is going to go to somebody's neighborhood and kick down a door -- it's unacceptable. They are bringing down the quality of life in that neighborhood."

I couldn't agree more. But I don't think we're talking about the same "they".

The UL described the neighborhood: "The house on Harrison Street is surrounded by neatly landscaped homes and businesses. It's four blocks from the Currier Museum of Art, around the corner from several churches and synagogues, and in the path of foot traffic for Central High School students.

"Most shocking, perhaps, is that a state police trooper lives right next door. SWAT members walked past the cruiser parked in the driveway as they moved in for the raid."

Sounds like a peaceful beautiful neighborhood, despite the drug dealers, right up until armed men pile out of armored vehicles and start kicking down doors and throwing in explosives.