I just read this article about these two kids, Maylia was arrested and Jack died from an overdose of the drug that was given to him by Maylia. What are your opinions on this story? What do you agree with and/or disagree with?
It does show the complicated reality of the situation.
“The lure of easy money, it’s got a very strong appeal.” Nothing ever changes, does it? Ten years in prison sounds like a lot, but she’ll be what 25, 26? Hardly anything at all. Maybe she can turn her life around, maybe she’ll go back to dealing. Jack will still be dead, though.
If he were my kid, I’d want her in prison for life. But that wouldn’t solve the problem. Maybe drug dealers should try to not kill their customers. I don’t know.
It does make me scared, too. Green Bay! If nice Wisconsin can have that, what does my own Mesa, AZ neighborhood have going on? I know there were drugs in my High School, way back in the 70s. (not fentanyl, of course, and probably not even coke, nor heroin) I’ve often wondered, “where did they get them? What was going on that I missed? Were my friends dealers?”
The two obvious things that stand out for me…
- All the god-awful, heart breaking, things described in that article are entirely caused by the fact drugs are illegal not the drugs themselves. Without the war on drugs there would be no fentanyl crisis, that is entirely the result of the economics of importing illegal drugs into the US
- It’s a travesty that the prosecution gets to decide if a child should be tried as an adult. That goes against the basic principles of the adversarial justice system. I can understand the argument that a 15 year old who shoots someone understands what they are doing. But how the hell can you say a 15 year old understands the repercussions of selling an illegal drug just as much an adult, when at the same time saying they aren’t able to understand the repercussions of buying a legal drug because they are underage. It’s madness.
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The OP isn’t really Pit-ish. I’m moving this to IMHO, instead.
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