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6/18/97 <br /> <br /> ********FROM THE FRONT PAGE TRIBj-jERALD 6/17"FIGHT A~ ?NST POT WILL CONTINUE" <br /> I CAN SEE THAT THE DIE IS ALREADY CAST AND MY IMPASSIONED PLEAS FOR HUMANITIES <br /> HAS ALL BUT FALLEN ON DEAF EARS---AND I NOW IMPLORE YOU TO RECONSIDER, FOR THE <br /> WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY IS SLOWLY CLOSING AND YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CHANCE TO BE <br /> JUDGED,BY THE FUTURE,AS TRUE LEADERS CONCERNED WITH THE WELFARE OF YOUR FELLOW <br /> HUMANE BEINGS AND NOT BE RECORDED AS MERE PUPPETS FOR A "STATUS-QUO" THAT PLACES <br /> MONEY ABOVE HUMANITIES---FOR THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT, TOO MANY PEOPLE <br /> MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY FOR THE GAME TO CHANGE. <br /> AND THE FUTURE WILL JUDGE YOU,HISTORY TELLS US THIS, MY INTENT IS JUST TO ALERT <br /> TO THE DANGERS OF THE PRESENT MIND SET. <br /> EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE D.A.R.E. PROGRAM IS BEING QUESTIONED AND CHALLENGED <br /> ON MANY LEVELS, ESPECIALLY ON THE WAY IT IS PRESENTED (LAW & ORDER) AND ALSO <br /> ON THE LACK OF INFORMATION BEING PRESENTED ON THE TWO LEGAL DRUGS ALCOHOL AND <br /> TOBACCO. NOW EDUCATION IS THE KEY,BUT MUST BE DONE WITH LOVE AND CONCERN NOT <br /> MOCK ARRESTS TO INSTALL FEAR AND MISINFORMATION THAT,WHEN FOUND OUT, CONSTITUTES <br /> A LIE IN A YOUNG MIND. <br /> TASK FORCE:n.~~A TEMPORARY GROUPING OF FORCES AND RESOURCES,ESPCIALLY OF MILITARY <br /> OR POLICE UNITS,FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF A SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE.~~WHICH I FEAR IS <br /> POWER AND CONTROL, FOR LET US NOT FORGET THAT THOSES WHO NOW SAY WE HAVE A <br /> PROBLEM ARE THE VERY ONES WHO PUT INTO OUR SYSTEM .NARCOTICS,TO SUBDUE,DIVIDE AND <br /> CONQUER AND SINCE THESE GRANT PROGRAMS ARE NOW INTERGRADED INTO THE ECONOMY,GET <br /> THE PICTURE,ON EVERY LEVEL YOU WILL FIND THE GOOD,THE BAD AND THE UGLY AND IT IS <br /> TIME THE GOOD STAND UP, TELL WASHINGTON WE WANT THE GRANTS (MONEY)NOT TO ERADICAT] <br /> BUT TO EDUCATE,TELL THEM WE WANT THE GRANTS,NOT FOR A TASK FORCE,BUT FOR THE <br /> TASK BEFORE US, TO HUMANLY SOLVE OUR DRUG PROBLEMS,TELL THEM WE WANT THE D.A.R.E. <br /> GRANT TO REDESIGN SAME TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN ON A HUMANE LEVEL,IT IS TIME TO <br /> SEND OUR MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS,NURSES AND DOCTORS TO THE SCHOOLS,IT IS TIME <br /> TO BRING AND SHOW VIDEOS ON WHAT ALL DRUGS,EVEN THE LEGAL ONES,CAN DO IF ABUSED. <br /> IT IS TIME TO GIVE OUR POLICEMEN A DIFFERENT ROLE IN THE EDUCATION OF OR YOUTH <br /> FOR OUR YOUTH SHOULD BE TAUGHT NOT TO TAKE DRUGS BECAUSE THEY ARE AGAINST THE <br /> LAW,BUT RATHER BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY DO TO YOU. OUR POLICEMEN SHOULD BE PEACEMEN <br /> FOR THE REAL CRIME IN ALL OF THIS IS HOW FiE ARE REACTING TO IT,FOR WE ARE ALL <br /> JUST HUMANS, LET US NOT GET DESENITIZED BY OVERPOPULATION. <br /> THE GAMES WILL CHANGE,WHY NOT NOW,MAKE HISTORY STOP REPETING IT,IT IS TIME FOR <br /> THE GOOD,THE HUMANE TO STAND AND BE COUNTED. <br /> ly:b~$• <br /> x.. UI S C//??~~,,~~ <br /> Ref. ~'otPrecentedW111~i~~4 <br /> Ref. rare JUN 1 8 1997 <br /> <br />