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N.M. Drug-Dealer Registry Proposed
January 16, 2007

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A public registry listing the names and addresses of former drug dealers would be created under new state legislation being championed by New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the Associated Press reported Jan. 15.

Richardson, a Democrat, has joined forced with Republican Congressman Steve Pearce to call for passage of the registry bill, as well as a separate public listing of homes that previously had been used as meth labs.

The governor also is asking lawmakers to spend $20 million on addiction-treatment services, including $9 million for a new inpatient treatment program.

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Posted by K Smith on 01 Nov 08 05:16 PM EDT
Educating the young teens and adults alike may seem helpful in some ways, but with the ever-increasing danger of drug use among them is already evident. What we need is the public awareness of convicted drug users and peddlers living in their own neighborhoods so that they can keep watch for any possible drug activities such as the danger of meth labs that expose very harmful toxins to those living nearby. Should this happen, local authorities can be contacted for further investigation before it's too late and results in the quarantine of home(s) from exposure to meth. I'm strongly in favor of the use of National Drug Offender Registry that can be posted on the internet. Thank you for taking this in consideration.

Posted by Troy Colliers, LADC on 31 Jul 08 02:17 PM EDT
In regards to the registry for drug dealers if it includes the fat cats at the top (you know who they are), who don't get busted fine, poor people don't finance drugs coming into this country, they're guilty of surviving by dealing drugs and I don't advocate either

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