Show LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To The Editor I am not going to pretend that I Iam Iam Iam am fully knowledgeable about the Utah drug trade However I would like to say that the editorial published published published pub pub- on January 28 1997 in the Horizon was inaccurate and contained contained contained con con- destructive information First The idea that the buying and selling of drugs as being such a pressing issue could very well be imprecise How about the following as the largest problems facing young people sleep deprivation fears parents school weight control control control con con- ignorance financial situations jobs relationships spirituality independence housing and etc etc Drug abuse is a very pressing problem problem problem lem no doubt but it is because of lack of solutions of the afore mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- that drugs are then turned to Second If you really think that people are going to go into the big bad downtown for marijuana then you are sorely mislead Downtown is a haven for narcotics and amphetamines amphetamines amphetamines amines you go to the East Eastside side for marijuana To The Editor I have never written an actual letter letter letter let let- ter to an editor although I have voiced my own private opinion to myself many times regarding a certain certain certain tain article or two so I suppose in that regard we are practically comrades comrades comrades com com- rades and well comrade have I got gotan gotan gotan an actual incident to share with left my home at the normal morning hour with my hot cocoa extra marshmallows in tow for Marketing I realize that all parking spots are well taken by earlier students If you arrive in the parking lot about you may get lucky and may acquire a parking slot for the day May I point out vital words lucky and may A little is my 3rd quarter at I have only been in Salt Lake City for a year Continuing it is understood key word that parking is on a first come first serve basis it is all based on luck not who you know not what time you get there not what kind of car you drive I pulled into the back parking lot next to the Business the absence of the direction of the lot Im I'm from the south and we dont don't use north east etc and turned the corner corner corner cor cor- ner to park and wait for a space to become available I have come to learn that this is an unwritten policy Third It certainly does seem reasonable reasonable reasonable rea rea- to just about every Utahn that by cleaning up the parks we are cleaning out the waste They may just have a point After all if people can not buy the drugs then that must mean they no longer need drugs to tomake tomake tomake make a living or to fulfill their addictions So this would certainly solve the problems Oh sure why not Fourth If you are driving around in the arena of the dealers making prank calls then you are just as likely a suspect as those honestly purchasing And I guess one could easily overlook the idea that maybe you could call over a dealer who did not find you or your joke so funny This is dangling and splashing around shark infested waters with a asteak asteak asteak steak tied to your ankle Nope not bothersome what so Fifth The real solution to this dangerous respectable anti-respectable problem is well listen for some people the only way they can survive is to live off of drugs It is a tough and unhappy py and unrewarding and whatever r and that's how it is done I parked o othe on n the opposite end of a row as no one on e was in front of me there was at th theother the theother e other end of the row which i is s exactly 19 18 parking spots I counted counted count ed a large green van mini-van that shall remain nameless for my safety A student luck of the draw was exiting exiting exiting exit exit- ing from a spot on my immediate left approximately 15 seconds after I chose to park how lucky was I I. I Well from the spot all the wa waat way y at the other end this van mini-van decides to home in on my spot Another unwritten policy 00 You u have your own zone your own ow n domain that is claimed when you u park extending courtesy at times weve we've all been in the other persons person's s shoes Back to the discovered discovered discovered dis dis- covered in a few more sentences is actually driving towards me losing her claim at the other end of the lane and thinks this is her spot Not I putdown put putdown putdown down my hot coca mug different from my coffee mug and pulled into my spot that I acquired by sheer luck A lady the above she lifestyle but if you do not want to live like this it is simple DONT More cops merely spreads the problem problem problem lem closer to suburbia a completely reverse effect Dealers downtown are not exactly taking a bag of cocaine and giving them away Dealers are not the only people ruining lives let us just take a long look around us and see the many dangers I am in no way suggesting that we should be able to go to the pharmacy and receive a dose of heroin but I am saying that no matter matter matter mat mat- ter how much filth we try so eagerly eagerly eagerly eager eager- ly to flush that humans are susceptible ble to drugs and things that eventually eventually eventually ally destroy them Perhaps there is no solution but worry not many other pressing issues of today have no real solution either So until we have peace on earth and an end to world poverty then my guess is that illegal drugs will continue to be sold Christi S. S Hunt Humanities Major I stops her van mini-van gets out and yells at me She is screaming that f rude That f fi fing f was ing f ing was my i ing spot You just pulled up After glancing at my watch 3 minutes to tol l get to Marketing I just shook my head in disbelief and stated you were at the other end of the lane it was right next to me doesn't matter how long I waited People were staring staring staring star star- ing passer-bys passer were shaking their heads and I just said you need to toI I lighten up on the morning caffeine The moral of this story is first I come first serve its called being in inthe inthe the right spot at the right time PS I I was told to I should have taken her license number no telling what she might have done to my car Is this the level that our fellow students have stooped to Isn't it bad enough just looking out for the campus police Tracy Wright Graphic Design Major |