We blame the pushers, the rappers, and the media. The pushers sell them, the rappers glorify them, and the media inundates us with stories of the lives they’ve destroyed.
We clamor for more law enforcement, more government intervention, more community involvement and help from the educational system.
But what’s the answer?
More policemen on the street would certainly be a deterrent.
Perhaps, rather than dissolving the admittedly ineffective Drug Enforcement Unit, the Governor could have demanded that that agency be staffed with people who could do the job they were hired to do.
A watchful community is certainly part of the answer and education is a key element in the prevention of drug abuse.
But the most powerful deterrent is staring us right in the face.
The lessons our children learn at home are more influential in guiding their behavior than any external force could ever be. All the lectures in the world are not as powerful as the example we set.
Talk to your kids and let them know they can talk to you. Don’t mince words – they know what’s happening out there and it’s important that they know that you do too. Start early – it’s never too soon to lay the foundation. And don’t be deceived – your child is just as vulnerable to the pressures of a society that can glamorize this most dangerous of lifestyles.
This Saturday, the U.M.B. Soldiers are sponsoring their first annual march against drug abuse. What better way to demonstrate your commitment to keeping your children and our islands drug-free than to participate. The march begins at Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant in Sunny Isles and ends at the Island Center for the performing Arts with a rally. Take the time to participate, and take some visible steps to help stamp out this most dangerous threat to our children and the quality of their lives.
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March 29th, 2008 at 10:39 am
I Must admit Mr. Springer its a good article
March 29th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
so why march at sunny isles, why not march in front of all the crack houses to make it at least somewhat effective, you could start in glynn and mon bijou and then head to new works and grove and maybe end it in campo rico.
March 29th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Lifetime Crucian living abroad here. On my visit home this past January, not only was I broadsided by the overwhelming malaise of the youth; but the apparent corruption of the political apparatus. It is too easy to blame rap, dealers and the media, but as far I know, they weren’t the only ones responsible for the significant amount of drugs I saw on St. Croix. Perhaps–just perhaps–a march should take place on the EAST SIDE of the island–if ah yo geh wah I sayin(wink wink). It’s too easy to simply blame locals, while giving “continentals” a free pass. From what I heard, VI poli-trickians often look the other way, when it is apparently “snowing” on the island’s east end.
Nice article, tho.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:25 am
Thank you Soul Rebel.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:53 pm
well since i very rarely go east of C’sted i would’nt know anything about that part of the island,heck i rarely even make it too C’sted and so once again i know nothing of those neighborhoods but i do know grove,glynn and mon bijou, the area from carambola all the way to salt river and fredriksted
April 4th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
legalize drugs
take the money out of drugs and the crime and violence goes away
deal with it as a social issue, not a police issue
the last time the US had kids shooting each other with machine guns what during prohibition about 75 years ago. It did’t work then and it doesn’t work now.
August 25th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Is this gonna end someday??
August 25th, 2008 at 8:50 am
The VI should look to the states and the research. marijuana should be decriminalized so the authorities can spend their time on the real drug problems.
Medical MJ is becoming an important treatment in many afflicitions.
Ther are several decriminalization laws that have been written so the VI could find one that would work for us.
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