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Contact:
Claudia Monlouis
Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - Prime Minister, Honourable Dr. Kenny Anthony
has drawn the attention of the nation to the possibility of amending the
constitution, to intensify punishment for perpetrators of the drug trade.
Dr. Anthony pinpointed the link between gangs, drugs and crimes, lamenting that
despite the far reaching ravages caused by the drug trade on the lives of
persons, drug traffickers seem to be getting away with murder. The prime
minister was at the time speaking during his weekly Radio programme ,
“Conversations with the Nation”.
“I therefore ask; if the consumption of drugs is so addictive, and if persons
are losing their lives through drugs, then should those who traffic in drugs be
allowed to get away with just incarceration in prison? Shouldn’t they too be
liable for damages for causing the death of others? After all they make the
killer drugs available, If the consumption of drugs lead to death and creates
such loss of life, aren’t the same drug dealers also responsible? Shouldn’t we
amend our laws to penalize such persons more seriously?”
Dr. Anthony also highlighted the harmful effects of smoking and alcohol use,
while expressing concern for the number of young people who fall victim to
cocaine addiction. “At some point in your community, some young persons, spaced
out, dirty, shoddily dressed and begging of for help or food. You must also have
seen the number of young people who gather in various places doing nothing but
selling, buying and consuming drugs.
All Citizens are being called upon, to display their responsibility to their
families and communities by conducting themselves in ways that will assist in
the fight against drugs.
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