Our local tribe’s plan to open a medically assisted treatment clinic in Sequim to treat drug addicts and alcoholics sounds like a temporary fix.
Addicts sincere about wanting to turn their lives around realize it is their own responsibility to do so and any enabler only stands in their way of healing.
Parents, teach your children of all ages about the consequences of using alcohol and illegal drugs.
Also, the fact you cannot always be there to rescue or protect them if they choose to try drugs or alcohol.
Neglecting your parental duties can result in much pain for all concerned.
If our schools can teach sex education to our very young students, it’s time to teach them the downfalls of trying drugs and alcohol.
Some people are allergic to alcohol and learn this after the fact of trying it.
Mixing drugs and alcohol can be deadly or the cause of ending up on the streets, unable to care for themselves.
Taxpayers must demand this kind of needed education at this time.
Educating our young people will help our law enforcement and our emergency rooms so they can take care of other emergencies not related to drugs or alcohol abuse.
When a fix is needed, an addict never thinks of consequences that could be deadly to themselves, if they turn to criminal acts against others.
Something like Hitler giving his army meth to make them more alert during WWII, which usually ended up in many deaths on both sides.
Shirley Berg,
Sequim