Needle in a Haystack

With the unfortunate growing rate of drug addiction, there are higher risks to people contracting diseases from the use of unsanitary needles. Although I do not support the use of any drugs, I think we need to make a change to stop this careless spread of diseases, and one way we can do this is by allowing a needle Exchange Program. Yes it may essentially allow drug users to keep using, but at least they are using in a safe and clean way. With a needle exchange program, dirty used needles will be taken from the streets in exchange for a new clean one, which eventually will lead to cleaner streets, and more importantly, a decline in the spread of diseases such as AIDS and HIV. Statistics have shown that over 75% of infection in newborns comes from a parent who has injected with an unsanitary needle. Not only are the users and addicts paying the price for their addiction, so are the babies and children who never had a choice. Users are going to use weather the needle is clean or not, that has been proven, but surely if they can get clean needles they would. This program would benefit so many lives of so many people. Drug addiction in a serious disease I do not think this program will increase the rate of drug users in any way, and it will definitely show a huge decline in the spread of incurable diseases.

Sex offender falls through the cracks

Less then a year had passed since Cynthia Hennigan's daughter had been raped and the convicted rapist was already back at school. If this hadn't been noticed by her stepson he would be cruising the halls scoping out new prey. After the offender (16) was released early from a sex offender treatment facility, they never picked up the phone to contact the school about his circumstances. He enrolled at Grand Prarie High School but eventually was pulled from class only after Mrs. Hennigan told school officials about his offence. I feel that its awful how someone who commited such a torturous act against an 11 year old girl can be back at school walking the halls with out any warning to fellow students. There has to be changes made to keep perverts like this from slipping through the cracks and getting enrolled into a new school where no one knows his history. Mrs. Hennigan is working extremely hard to help protect the innocence of others and doing all she can so that someones childhood doesn't get shattered as her daughters did. She has been writing letters to politicians pleading for them to make stronger ordinances against sex offenders. She has also been scattering the neighborhood warning families about the dangers of sex offenders. Sexual predators are a very tragic breed because in many cases once abused the child often grows into the abuser and its a repeated process that seems to never end. It is very tragic that these innocent people often have their dreams shattered and something has to be done to change this. I hope that soon harsher laws and requirements will be placed against sexual predators.