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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not public yet, but rumors are circulating at the school that this student also died at the hospital.

That would make for two deaths at Kennedy.

Is this it will take for Kennedy admin and MCPS to crack down on security? It’s sad it took loss of life for this to be paid attention to seriously.[/quote]

That’s tragic, and hopefully not true.

mCPS, the school and busy mostly also parents need to step up and crack down on their own kids. This is not just a failing for the school, but it’s a failing at home with the parents as well.

I recognize that we all parent differently, and one way is not the best or the only. But I think at some point parents need to go into their kids rooms and look through bags, drawers, and have very hard and open conversations with the kids about drug usage. [/quote]
It's not just kids. Laced drugs are everywhere, all neighborhoods, all ages, all SEC.[/quote]
Open borders has already supplied enough fentanyl to kill every single American. We ain’t seen nothing yet. [/quote]
Nice try. Not an open borders issue.  :roll: [/quote]
Where you do think the fentanyl onslaught is coming from? Canada? Lol.[/quote]

Can't really change supply but we can change demand. If we really wanted to end this crisis, it could be done tomorrow and it doesn't involve borders.[/quote]

Bologna.   We could shut down the entire country for weeks in an attempt to contain the virus. We can certainly shut down the influx of drugs.  It would require acknowledgeing unpalatable facts and taking action. We would need to hold the countries of origin account able for any substance that leaves their country. We would need to secure boaders, check trade cargo, make large scale arrests and convictions of those in all levels of the supply chain.  It can absolutely be done and done quickly.[/quote]

This is the sort of simplistic thinking that works on right-wing radio but not in actual practicality. The United States has almost 2,000 miles of border with Mexico, and another 5,500 miles with Canada. That's just the land borders. Then, we have about 95,000 miles of coastline including more than 300 commercial ports and about 500,000 vessel calls.

Every year, we invest more money in CBP, so this is not a funding issue. It's also not a law enforcement issue unless you are willing to make the case that CBP is "soft on crime."

This is a demand issue. Reduce demand and you will reduce supply.  [/quote]

It’s both a supply and demand issue.

Also, how do you propose decreasing demand amongst teens?  Please let MCPS know as I’m sure they would appreciate it.[/quote]

You can’t decrease demand among teens if your state has legalized marijuana which is a gateway drug. Our culture normalizes and glamorizes drug use, now we live with the consequences. Sad but true[/quote]

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