A couple of local police departments are looking at a new
approach to the addiction problem. The
agencies in Campbell and Holmen are looking at a program that has had success in
Massachusetts that helps an addict kick the habit, by offering treatment rather
than jail time. I am all for this, as we
are seeing more people headed to court for possession of heroin and other drugs
but only having them turned back to the streets. I really think that something needs to be done
and done sooner rather than later. My
wife and I have been going for walks lately and taking different routes to mix
it up, we have been down just about every street and alley in our neighborhood
in the past few weeks and there are lots of discarded syringes laying on the
streets and alleys of La Crosse. I have
even seen them in a couple of the business parking lots. With the amount of needles that have been
handed out I guess I am not surprised that there are so many unattended
needles.
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