Letter: Support Registration for Drug Offenders
Carol Brown
January 21, 2008
The News-Enterprise
Isn't it nice to see Kentucky potentially be the vanguard of a national movement instead of its hind end? Right now, Kansas is the only state in the U.S. (that I am aware of at least) that has established a system of registration for convicted dope dealers and manufacturers. Kentucky could join Kansas if House Bill 96, sponsored by Rep. Rick Nelson, D-Middlesboro, passes this year's General Assembly.
Kentucky has had a sex offender registration system for years now, but am I alone in seeing in the papers many more arrests for meth labs and crack pushers than for rapists and pedophiles? Surely no Kentucky family has not been touched by the harm of illegal drugs and those who make and sell them. I urge all the mothers out there to call their legislators and ask them to support this important bill to keep the eye of the law on those who have endangered the public safety and health.
Carol Brown, Louisville |
