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Drug dealers need harsher sentences

We need much harsher penalties for those who sell poisonous drugs to our citizens

Re: Take hard line on the dealers, March 28.

Please add my name to the number of people who applaud your editorial where you join the growing number of media outlets who call for harsher penalties for those who are caught dealing in the lethal drug market.

If a person was caught selling candy with rat poison in it and killing children they would certainly be dealt with much more harshly than a drug dealer, but I for one don’t really see the difference between such a person and a drug dealer.

We need much harsher penalties for those who sell poisonous drugs to our citizens; a few months with time off for various reasons the court comes up with is just not enough.

Bruce Gordon

Nanaimo