Really brings out the Vigilante in me. How about you?
Read the statistics
U.S. Leads Drug Use
Illegal drugs are more available now than a decade ago.
(WebMD) Despite tough anti-drug laws, a new survey shows the U.S. has the highest level of illegal drug use in the world.
I am writing this because my very best friend of forty + years had her home broke into literally door kicked in and her house tossed this last Weds. Drug-related illness, death, and crime cost the nation approximately $66.9 billion. Every man, woman, and child in America pays nearly $1,000 annually to cover the expense of unnecessary health care, extra law enforcement, auto accidents, crime, and lost productivity resulting from substance abuse
She works at Wal-Mart. Nights. Lives alone and has trouble making ends meet. A simple life a quiet church going single woman comes home to find what little she has in her small studio apt, gone. She doesn’t even have cable. Just a TV, DVR, and a large assortment of movies. GONE. Her digital camera a gift from her son at Christmas., Gone. Her drawers dumped, her mattress askew. Her old and I mean elderly cat hidden up in the box springs of her bed. A small amount of cash supposedly hidden to make ends meet from paycheck to paycheck. What little she had is now gone. She said the neighbors know of a pick up that had been seen several times in front of her rural apt. leaving about the time of the incident. This particular morning.
The things that were taken are of fast cash items. She of course had to stay home and pick up the pieces, and couldn’t leave until her apt was secured, (the door being dislodged from its frame). In addition, when she goes back to work she has been docked for an unauthorized absence. Can you believe this? Wouldn’t loosing everything thing of value be a legitimate excuse for not showing up for the night shift?
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