The Observation Deck

I just had it out with the drug addict across the hall.

I've had enough.

If you don't see me on here for a couple of days, call the police and have them find my body.

Thank you.

Just told the owner and she said "Oh no, he's out, I'll take care of it". I think she might. I certainly hope so.

Good luck and PLEASE be careful.

I will Missy, Thanks.

Do you want a stun gun????? Since we are on the topic of druggy neighbors, how do we enforce the nusance law? The rental two doors down has had several police calls and of course had an open case with Children and Youth. What exactly has to happen to invoke some pain on the landlord who happens to live in Lake Rd. and cares NOTHING about the streets her rentals are on?

Sharon,
did you call the cops?

First off the police really can't do anything except stopping a crime they see happening.

Isn't Tom Bullock your council person? or is it Mike Summers anyway call your councilperson.

Butler never calls me back so I don't even try.

I'll deal. Somehow.

sharon kinsella wrote:First off the police really can't do anything except stopping a crime they see happening.

Isn't Tom Bullock your council person? or is it Mike Summers anyway call your councilperson.

Butler never calls me back so I don't even try.

I'll deal. Somehow.

Sharon, it could be worse.

I hear that if you call the White House with your concerns, the phone hangs itself before you can finish dialing.

Stun guns work well. I hope he's not a crack addict. I've seen crack addicts run around high as a kite (we have our surprise visitors and situations down at Progressive Field) and you'll need something much more powerful than a stun gun to slow him down.

I know the Army developed a weapon that can send electric shocks anywhere from 100-300 yards away with pretty powerful force. If you can get a hold of one, it could certainly do the trick from across the hallway.

But that, again, involves getting in touch with the White House, which is impossible unless you have a lot of money and the right friends But 95% of us don't have a lot of money, we just have enough money to live, and instead of the "right friends" we have "real" friends. I guess that doesn't cut the mustard.

It sounds like you've got quite a dilemma over yonder!

I gotta a baseball bat with his name on it Ivor.

Our congressman is on the right track and Sherrod and Voinovich didn't like this package either. So we'll see.

We need to get Obama elected. This stuff has to stop.

My mom said she watched Oprah yesterday and the whole show was dedicated to the Heroin problem in Ohio, particularly Columbus!!!! Did anyone see it? Wonder if Bay was highlited?

Justine Cooper wrote:My mom said she watched Oprah yesterday and the whole show was dedicated to the Heroin problem in Ohio, particularly Columbus!!!! Did anyone see it? Wonder if Bay was highlited?

Justine,

As far as I know the heroin problem lies in Westlake, that's where they busted the group of seniors who had the distribution ring. But I wouldn't be surprised if Bay has it's fair share of it too. Bay kids are more into smoking plants and sniffing baking soda.

She said heroin was coming in lfrom Mexico and was only ten bucks a hit which is cheap enough and only takes once to get hooked. I still can't believe in this day and age teens or others would be so dumb to stick a needle in their arm that they know will ruin their life. That is so pathetically sad.

Justine often times they start by snorting or smoking it and only start injecting it once they get addicted. And many times they first get addicted to oxy and then move onto heroin because it is cheaper. So I am sure many people that start never think they would ever be the type of person to inject.

It is just so awful. I wish there were more programs to help teens get off drugs around. It is so sad. It robs them of everything and then they become criminals stealing and their life is really over at that point. I thought Meth was the newest hobby which is equally bad. I would chain my kid to chair if I ever thought he was around that stuff. But too many parents are doing it now too. And if a parent sold my child anything you would have to chain me to a chair.

Like I said, I don't care about someone smoking pot as long as I don't have to smell. People don't commit armed robberies or do break-ins on their neighbors apartment on pot, but the do on meth, crack and heroin.

I think he needs to move out to his folks house.

I look back at my high school years growing up in San Diego and it was amazing how prevalent drug use was. The fast food restaurant next to the school was where the dealers hung out. Kids would regularly go down there to get drugs after or before school. Meth was the drug of choice for many people I knew. I saw some friends who were intelligent kids from good families totally screw up their lives because of meth. My mom never really talked to be about drugs and luckily for me I had this voice in my head that said don't do it. But so many kids turn to drugs to escape or just to see what it's like and they don't realize the grasp they can have on you. Addiction is a horrible thing and I feel for people who are drug addicts but in the same breathe I feel for the people who lives those addicts screw up. I don't know what we can really do as a society except to make rehab a choice for everyone and not just the people who can afford it. We need to make sure that kids understand how horrible drugs really are, but there will always be kids that will experiment anyways.